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D.gnu - gdmd name

reply "Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle4 juno.com> writes:
I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if there
are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do. One
reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source so it
really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
Anyhow, post if you have comments.
-Ben
Feb 15 2004
next sibling parent Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> writes:
Ben Hinkle wrote:

 I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if there
 are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do. One
 reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source so it
 really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
 Anyhow, post if you have comments.
 -Ben


dindm is not digital mars.

*shudder*

  -- andy
Feb 15 2004
prev sibling next sibling parent reply resistor mac.com writes:
I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
based on the naming of 
other GCC frontends:

GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
GCD - GNU Compiler for D
DCC - D Compiler Collection

Probably the nomenclature most in-line with the UNIX tradition is GDC.  Many
UNIX systems define the 
system C compiler to be CC (C Compiler).  Hence the system D compiler should be
DC.  GCC is the GNU 
C Compiler (Well, it was originally.  It's now far more than that.)  Hence the
GNU version of DC should 
be GDC.

Overall, I don't think it makes that much difference.

Owen

In article <c0o2lk$1btb$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if there
are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do. One
reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source so it
really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
Anyhow, post if you have comments.
-Ben
Feb 15 2004
next sibling parent John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:42:18 +0000, resisto wrote:


 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
 based on the naming of 
 other GCC frontends:
 
 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection
 


I think DGCC is a good logical start.  GCD is actually funny if you think
of it. DCC is not really accurate (it's not really a D compiler
collection).

Just an opinion.  Great work!

John R.
Feb 15 2004
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "C" <dont respond.com> writes:
what about g04 , like g77 ? hmm no that sucks actually.  GDC gets my vote.

C
<resistor mac.com> wrote in message news:c0oi2q$23og$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other


ideas

 based on the naming of
 other GCC frontends:

 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection

 Probably the nomenclature most in-line with the UNIX tradition is GDC.


Many

 UNIX systems define the
 system C compiler to be CC (C Compiler).  Hence the system D compiler


should be

 DC.  GCC is the GNU
 C Compiler (Well, it was originally.  It's now far more than that.)  Hence


the

 GNU version of DC should
 be GDC.

 Overall, I don't think it makes that much difference.

 Owen

 In article <c0o2lk$1btb$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if




there

are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do.




One

reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source




so it

really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
Anyhow, post if you have comments.
-Ben
Feb 15 2004
next sibling parent reply resistor mac.com writes:
G77 is so named because it compiles Fortran-77.  Please, let's not get into
naming it like Windows 
versions!

Owen

In article <c0oou4$2edt$1 digitaldaemon.com>, C says...

what about g04 , like g77 ? hmm no that sucks actually.  GDC gets my vote.

C
<resistor mac.com> wrote in message news:c0oi2q$23og$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other


ideas

 based on the naming of
 other GCC frontends:

 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection

 Probably the nomenclature most in-line with the UNIX tradition is GDC.


Many

 UNIX systems define the
 system C compiler to be CC (C Compiler).  Hence the system D compiler


should be

 DC.  GCC is the GNU
 C Compiler (Well, it was originally.  It's now far more than that.)  Hence


the

 GNU version of DC should
 be GDC.

 Overall, I don't think it makes that much difference.

 Owen

 In article <c0o2lk$1btb$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if




there

are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do.




One

reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source




so it

really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
Anyhow, post if you have comments.
-Ben
Feb 15 2004
parent "C" <dont respond.com> writes:
Hehe, I was refering to the 2004 1.0 standard , but its no good anyway.

Charlie
<resistor mac.com> wrote in message news:c0oqkm$2h6n$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 G77 is so named because it compiles Fortran-77.  Please, let's not get


into

 naming it like Windows
 versions!

 Owen

 In article <c0oou4$2edt$1 digitaldaemon.com>, C says...

what about g04 , like g77 ? hmm no that sucks actually.  GDC gets my




vote.

C
<resistor mac.com> wrote in message




news:c0oi2q$23og$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other


ideas

 based on the naming of
 other GCC frontends:

 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection

 Probably the nomenclature most in-line with the UNIX tradition is GDC.


Many

 UNIX systems define the
 system C compiler to be CC (C Compiler).  Hence the system D compiler


should be

 DC.  GCC is the GNU
 C Compiler (Well, it was originally.  It's now far more than that.)






Hence

the

 GNU version of DC should
 be GDC.

 Overall, I don't think it makes that much difference.

 Owen

 In article <c0o2lk$1btb$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see








if

there

are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't








do.

One

reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd








source

so it

really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
Anyhow, post if you have comments.
-Ben
Feb 15 2004
prev sibling parent Andy Friesen <andy ikagames.com> writes:
C wrote:

 what about g04 , like g77 ? hmm no that sucks actually.  GDC gets my vote.
 


The only problem with gdc is that it's very similar to gdb. (the GNU 
debugger)

  -- andy
Feb 15 2004
prev sibling parent reply J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
resistor mac.com wrote:

 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
 based on the naming of 
 other GCC frontends:
 
 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection


I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.

New suggestion:
ODC - Open D Compiler

[...]

 Owen


-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Feb 16 2004
next sibling parent resistor mac.com writes:
In terms of aesthetics, I like GDMD and GDC the best, with GCD and ODC coming in
second.  But that's 
just me.

Owen

In article <c0rp0l$19vh$1 digitaldaemon.com>, J C Calvarese says...

resistor mac.com wrote:

 I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
 based on the naming of 
 other GCC frontends:
 
 GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 DCC - D Compiler Collection


I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.

New suggestion:
ODC - Open D Compiler

[...]

 Owen


-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Feb 16 2004
prev sibling parent reply "Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle4 juno.com> writes:
"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
news:c0rp0l$19vh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
| resistor mac.com wrote:
| > I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
| > based on the naming of
| > other GCC frontends:
| >
| > GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
| > DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
| > GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
| > GCD - GNU Compiler for D
| > DCC - D Compiler Collection
|
| I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.

One reason I didn't use one of those to start with was that I
couldn't tell one from the other. One can barely tell the
difference between
"jee" "cee" "cee" and "jee" "cee" "dee" or "jee" "dee" "cee".

| New suggestion:
| ODC - Open D Compiler

I like the idea of breaking away from the "g". And how do I put
something on the OpenD web site, anyway?

| [...]
| > Owen
|
| --
| Justin
| http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
|
Feb 17 2004
next sibling parent J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
Ben Hinkle wrote:

 "J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
 news:c0rp0l$19vh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 | resistor mac.com wrote:
 | > I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other
ideas
 | > based on the naming of
 | > other GCC frontends:
 | >
 | > GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
 | > DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
 | > GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
 | > GCD - GNU Compiler for D
 | > DCC - D Compiler Collection
 |
 | I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.
 
 One reason I didn't use one of those to start with was that I
 couldn't tell one from the other. One can barely tell the
 difference between
 "jee" "cee" "cee" and "jee" "cee" "dee" or "jee" "dee" "cee".


That's a fair criticism.


 
 | New suggestion:
 | ODC - Open D Compiler
 
 I like the idea of breaking away from the "g". And how do I put
 something on the OpenD web site, anyway?


I don't know, but I'll throw out some guess...

The request form may be helpful: http://www.opend.org/Request.html

I think Jan Knepper created the site and I suspect it runs on his 
server. I don't think he follows the D or D.gnu groups usually, but he 
does follow the c++.windows.32-bits group.

As you can see from visiting the site, Burton Radons is the main 
uploader (dli, dig, etc.). But he hasn't uploaded anything in a while.

-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Feb 17 2004
prev sibling parent reply resistor mac.com writes:
It seems like nobody is greatly moved by the new names, so I'd like to motion
that it be left as GDMD, at least for now.  I mean, it's a nice name that's
easily differentiable from everything else and still is representative of what
the program is.

Owen

In article <c0t5sd$g9d$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
news:c0rp0l$19vh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
| resistor mac.com wrote:
| > I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
| > based on the naming of
| > other GCC frontends:
| >
| > GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
| > DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
| > GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
| > GCD - GNU Compiler for D
| > DCC - D Compiler Collection
|
| I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.

One reason I didn't use one of those to start with was that I
couldn't tell one from the other. One can barely tell the
difference between
"jee" "cee" "cee" and "jee" "cee" "dee" or "jee" "dee" "cee".

| New suggestion:
| ODC - Open D Compiler

I like the idea of breaking away from the "g". And how do I put
something on the OpenD web site, anyway?

| [...]
| > Owen
|
| --
| Justin
| http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
|
Feb 17 2004
parent reply Robert Jones<robertjones21 HotPOP.com> writes:
In article <c0uk29$2s1l$1 digitaldaemon.com>, resistor mac.com says...

It seems like nobody is greatly moved by the new names, so I'd like to motion
that it be left as GDMD, at least for now.  I mean, it's a nice name that's
easily differentiable from everything else and still is representative of what
the program is.

Owen

In article <c0t5sd$g9d$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Ben Hinkle says...

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
news:c0rp0l$19vh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
| resistor mac.com wrote:
| > I don't think there's anything wrong with GDMD, but here's a few other ideas
| > based on the naming of
| > other GCC frontends:
| >
| > GDC - GNU D Compiler (from GPC - GNU Pascal Compiler)
| > DGCC - D for GCC (from CGCC - Cobol for GCC and PL1GCC - PL1 for GCC)
| > GD - GNU D (from GM2 - GNU Modula-2)
| > GCD - GNU Compiler for D
| > DCC - D Compiler Collection
|
| I like GCD (like GCJ for Java) and GDC.

One reason I didn't use one of those to start with was that I
couldn't tell one from the other. One can barely tell the
difference between
"jee" "cee" "cee" and "jee" "cee" "dee" or "jee" "dee" "cee".

| New suggestion:
| ODC - Open D Compiler




How about FDC - Free D Compiler or just DC - D Compiler.


I like the idea of breaking away from the "g". And how do I put
something on the OpenD web site, anyway?

| [...]
| > Owen
|
| --
| Justin
| http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
|




--
Robert
Feb 21 2004
parent reply "Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle4 juno.com> writes:
| How about FDC - Free D Compiler or just DC - D Compiler.

"fdc" might be ok (the same ball-park as "odc") but "dc" is
the standard "desk calculator" program.
Feb 21 2004
parent reply John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
Ben Hinkle wrote:

 | How about FDC - Free D Compiler or just DC - D Compiler.
 
 "fdc" might be ok (the same ball-park as "odc") but "dc" is
 the standard "desk calculator" program.
 
 


It's a funny thing... gdmd -- the title of this topic -- is beginning to 
grow on me...
Feb 26 2004
parent resistor mac.com writes:
Yeah, that's what happened to me.  I wrote that post with a lot of suggestion,
and then realized that I really like GDMD better than any of them. ;)

Owen

In article <c1msku$lef$1 digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...

Ben Hinkle wrote:

 | How about FDC - Free D Compiler or just DC - D Compiler.
 
 "fdc" might be ok (the same ball-park as "odc") but "dc" is
 the standard "desk calculator" program.
 
 


It's a funny thing... gdmd -- the title of this topic -- is beginning to 
grow on me...
Feb 27 2004
prev sibling parent "Kris" <someidiot earthlink.net> writes:
What about just plain old GNUD, pronounced like 'thud' -- perhaps with a
silent 'g' :-)



"Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle4 juno.com> wrote in message
news:c0o2lk$1btb$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I've been using the name gdmd for the gnu compiler but I'd like to see if


there

 are any other suggestions. DLI was specific to linux, so that won't do.


One

 reason I kept the "dmd" in the name was that the code uses the dmd source


so it

 really is a gnu port of the dmd source.
 Anyhow, post if you have comments.
 -Ben
Feb 26 2004