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reply Joris <jorisputcuyps hotmail.com> writes:
Hi all

If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?

Joris
Sep 14 2005
next sibling parent reply Chris Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:
Joris wrote:

 Hi all
 
 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?


Not really.  In this case, what you want to look at are the links page at
Digital Mars:
http://digitalmars.com/d/dlinks.html

And the Wiki:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?MoreLinks

And of course instead of full Web searching, there's always the oft-neglected
Directory:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/D/

Add on the requisite link to dsource:
http://www.dsource.org/

And there you go.  That should be all the springboard that you need.

-- Chris Sauls

PS -- A name like "D++" would actually annoy some search engines and get odd or
incomplete 
results, anyhow.  Plus it implies an already extant "D" language which "D++"
supercedes or 
extends, such as the relationship between C++ and C.  Personally, I would've
been happy if 
the language had kept the name "Mars" although that wouldn't have been any
easier to 
search for.
Sep 14 2005
parent Joris <jorisputcuyps hotmail.com> writes:
Chris Sauls wrote:

 Joris wrote:
 

 Hi all

 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?


 
 
 Not really.  In this case, what you want to look at are the links page 
 at Digital Mars:
 http://digitalmars.com/d/dlinks.html
 
 And the Wiki:
 http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?MoreLinks
 
 And of course instead of full Web searching, there's always the 
 oft-neglected Directory:
 http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/D/
 
 Add on the requisite link to dsource:
 http://www.dsource.org/
 
 And there you go.  That should be all the springboard that you need.
 
 -- Chris Sauls
 
 PS -- A name like "D++" would actually annoy some search engines and get 
 odd or incomplete results, anyhow.  Plus it implies an already extant 
 "D" language which "D++" supercedes or extends, such as the relationship 
 between C++ and C.  Personally, I would've been happy if the language 
 had kept the name "Mars" although that wouldn't have been any easier to 
 search for.


Hi

Thanks for the reply.

I agree the links you give are very usefull, but sometimes you're 
looking for that small page holding some info on, let's say "d language 
oracle" which wasn't added to forementioned links. In that case, looking 
for something like "dmars oracle" would give a better result.

Joris
Sep 14 2005
prev sibling next sibling parent J Thomas <jtd514 ameritech.net> writes:
so you want to change the name because of google failures?

see ladies and gentlemen, this is why walter is so awesome :D

jk

Joris wrote:

 Hi all
 
 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
 
 Joris
Sep 14 2005
prev sibling next sibling parent reply clayasaurus <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:
Joris wrote:

 Hi all
 
 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
 
 Joris


Who would search for 'd' on google and expect it to be relevant to 
programming anyhow?
Sep 14 2005
parent Vathix <chris dprogramming.com> writes:
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:05:03 -0400, clayasaurus <clayasaurus gmail.com>  
wrote:


 Who would search for 'd' on google and expect it to be relevant to  
 programming anyhow?


Several popular search engines return Digital Mars on the first page when  
searching for D, including Yahoo, MSN and AllTheWeb. Not that it's a good  
search query, but I was pretty surprised.
Sep 14 2005
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Carlos Santander <csantander619 gmail.com> writes:
Joris escribió:

 Hi all
 
 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
 
 Joris


"d programming language" seems to be the best keywords for a search.

-- 
Carlos Santander Bernal
Sep 14 2005
parent "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Carlos Santander" <csantander619 gmail.com> wrote in message
news:dgabsg$2bpq$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Joris escribió:

 Hi all

 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?

 Joris


 "d programming language" seems to be the best keywords for a search.


Yes. I also strongly suggest including the phrase "d programming language"
on any web pages one creates that deals with D, and somewhere in any
newsgroup posting (not necessary for the ones on news.digitalmars.com).
Sep 14 2005
prev sibling parent bobef <bobef lessequal.com> writes:
Joris wrote:

 Hi all
 
 If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't 
 wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
 Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
 
 Joris


When I search google for D I type "digital mars d". It gives good 
results usualy.
Sep 15 2005