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reply teo <teo.ubuntu.remove yahoo.com> writes:
I have a proposal. The idea isn't new and is perhaps a bit boring, but 
anyway.

In the newsgroups there are many comments like: "Can't just Phobos 
disappear?" and similar. From other side the .NET Framework has a dull 
name, but everyone can tell you that this is _the_ framework for the .NET 
languages. No mistakes here!

And now the idea: why not name the standard D library after the language 
itself - "D Framework"?

I can contribute the dframework.org domain. IMPORTANT! I can transfer it 
to whoever wants to own it! So, Walter, just give me a sign.

I dream about a modern, multi-platform framework for D. I dream about a 
tiny Runtime which can be used in embedded systems and a rich, modular 
framework that can fulfill programmer's needs. You may call me a dreamer, 
but the .NET Framework makes .NET successful... And it doesn't matter how 
nice the language is, but without libraries you are always at reinventing 
the wheel...

I love to hear your thoughts.
Jul 27 2009
parent reply Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn gmail.com> writes:
teo wrote:


 I have a proposal. The idea isn't new and is perhaps a bit boring, but
 anyway.
 
 In the newsgroups there are many comments like: "Can't just Phobos
 disappear?" and similar. From other side the .NET Framework has a dull
 name, but everyone can tell you that this is _the_ framework for the .NET
 languages. No mistakes here!
 
 And now the idea: why not name the standard D library after the language
 itself - "D Framework"?
 
 I can contribute the dframework.org domain. IMPORTANT! I can transfer it
 to whoever wants to own it! So, Walter, just give me a sign.
 
 I dream about a modern, multi-platform framework for D. I dream about a
 tiny Runtime which can be used in embedded systems and a rich, modular
 framework that can fulfill programmer's needs. You may call me a dreamer,
 but the .NET Framework makes .NET successful... And it doesn't matter how
 nice the language is, but without libraries you are always at reinventing
 the wheel...
 
 I love to hear your thoughts.


I don't see that many comments about wanting phobos to disappear. Frankly, I 
find the .NET framework not as good as everybody saying it is. It is 
comprehensive and easy to use for sure, but not always as consistent as 
advertised. It is sometimes quite verbose too for such a high-level 
enterprise. The .NET framework is supposed to be 'progressive', meaning easy 
to get into for simple things and open for more advanced needs. In practice 
I find often times I need to redo lot's of things in a different way when my 
needs change. 

Sorry for the rant, I just think phobos as is developing is superior to the 
.NET framework and has a much cooler name too :) Same goes for Tango, albeit 
quite different design than phobos, it's very good too and beats .NET hands 
down. Also, Tango has a better name. 

That being said, I agree with the gist of your post. But your best bet to 
find a comprehensive, multi-platform, quality framework for D is the qtd 
library. Just look at it, it's way larger than just gui! Database 
programming, webbrowser components, high quality graphics, networking stuff, 
etc. etc:

http://www.dsource.org/projects/qtd
http://doc.qtsoftware.com/4.5/index.html
Jul 27 2009
parent reply teo <teo.ubuntu.remove yahoo.com> writes:
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:55:17 +0200, Lutger wrote:


 Sorry for the rant, I just think phobos as is developing is superior to
 the .NET framework and has a much cooler name too :) Same goes for
 Tango, albeit quite different design than phobos, it's very good too and
 beats .NET hands down. Also, Tango has a better name.


Well, they both have only cool names. Reading the newsgroups shows that 
they are incomplete and buggy. I tried Tango a bit and at many places 
noticed problems. Phobos was ok last time I used it (two years ago), but 
I did simple stuff.

Anyway I don't want to offend anyone here. I read that Andrei is 
redesigning Phobos and I am sure he will improve it. My point is however 
about having a meaningful library name.

PS: please don't take anything in my post personally.
Jul 28 2009
parent reply Dimitar Kolev <DimitarRosenovKolev hotmail.com> writes:
teo Wrote:


 On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:55:17 +0200, Lutger wrote:
 

 Sorry for the rant, I just think phobos as is developing is superior to
 the .NET framework and has a much cooler name too :) Same goes for
 Tango, albeit quite different design than phobos, it's very good too and
 beats .NET hands down. Also, Tango has a better name.


 
 Well, they both have only cool names. Reading the newsgroups shows that 
 they are incomplete and buggy. I tried Tango a bit and at many places 
 noticed problems. Phobos was ok last time I used it (two years ago), but 
 I did simple stuff.
 
 Anyway I don't want to offend anyone here. I read that Andrei is 
 redesigning Phobos and I am sure he will improve it. My point is however 
 about having a meaningful library name.
 
 PS: please don't take anything in my post personally.


Please stop discussing library names. There are bigger concerns with the D
language.

The name does not make the functionality. But if you want to talk about names,
Tango sounds old to me. It is a dance and it sounds like it came from the 60s.
Phobos has this sci-fi note to it. Maybe because some of us are fans of star
craft protos:).
Jul 28 2009
next sibling parent reply teo <teo.ubuntu.remove yahoo.com> writes:
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:51:34 -0400, Dimitar Kolev wrote:


 Please stop discussing library names. There are bigger concerns with the
 D language.


I am sure that from marketing point of view the name is much more 
important than the functionality... Some day it should be marketed and 
for your private projects you may choose the language/framework by 
yourself, but at work other people will choose it for you - people for 
whom Tango will sound like the dance and Phobos like one of Mars' moons.
Jul 29 2009
next sibling parent reply Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:24 PM, teo<teo.ubuntu.remove yahoo.com> wrote:

 On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:51:34 -0400, Dimitar Kolev wrote:


 Please stop discussing library names. There are bigger concerns with the
 D language.


 I am sure that from marketing point of view the name is much more
 important than the functionality... Some day it should be marketed and
 for your private projects you may choose the language/framework by
 yourself, but at work other people will choose it for you - people for
 whom Tango will sound like the dance and Phobos like one of Mars' moons.


Marketing?  I don't think Walter's really looking to get rich with D.
And there are plenty of popular things out there with silly-sounding
names - Hadoop, Twitter, Meebo, Mibbit..
Jul 29 2009
parent "Saaa" <empty needmail.com> writes:
 Marketing?  I don't think Walter's really looking to get rich with D.


I vaguely remember Walter asking for ideas to make money with D though.
(might remember that incorrectly:)


 And there are plenty of popular things out there with silly-sounding
 names - Hadoop, Twitter, Meebo, Mibbit..Google


I think most of those have that silly sounding name for a reason, aka 
marketing.
Is the target market being reached with those names, is the question.
Or, what is the purpose of the name and does it work towards that.
Jul 29 2009
prev sibling parent reply Dimitar Kolev <DimitarRosenovKolev hotmail.com> writes:
teo Wrote:


 On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:51:34 -0400, Dimitar Kolev wrote:
 

 Please stop discussing library names. There are bigger concerns with the
 D language.


 
 I am sure that from marketing point of view the name is much more 
 important than the functionality... Some day it should be marketed and 
 for your private projects you may choose the language/framework by 
 yourself, but at work other people will choose it for you - people for 
 whom Tango will sound like the dance and Phobos like one of Mars' moons.


Google is the misspelled number googol.

Googolplex is the name of the headquarters of google.

Are you using google or not?

What does it matter if it is google. It is still useful. Apple is a fruit but I
have an IPhone though the name is lame. Just an I in front of the phone.
Jul 29 2009
parent reply teo <teo.ubuntu.remove yahoo.com> writes:
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:21:06 -0400, Dimitar Kolev wrote:


 What does it matter if it is google. It is still useful. Apple is a
 fruit but I have an IPhone though the name is lame. Just an I in front
 of the phone.


This one is nice :) Just a D in front of the framework...
Jul 29 2009
parent Dimitar Kolev <DimitarRosenovKolev hotmail.com> writes:
teo Wrote:


 On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:21:06 -0400, Dimitar Kolev wrote:
 

 What does it matter if it is google. It is still useful. Apple is a
 fruit but I have an IPhone though the name is lame. Just an I in front
 of the phone.


 
 This one is nice :) Just a D in front of the framework...


Perfect. :). The champagne is from me.
Jul 29 2009
prev sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?IkrDqXLDtG1lIE0uIEJlcmdlciI=?= <jeberger free.fr> writes:
Dimitar Kolev wrote:

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Jul 29 2009
next sibling parent Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:
2009/7/29 "J=E9r=F4me M. Berger" <jeberger free.fr>:

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:)

Well "Phobos" as a name was far more clever when D was still called
"the Mars language" ;)  (DMD's main() is actually still declared in
mars.c)
Jul 29 2009
prev sibling parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Jérôme M. Berger wrote:

 Dimitar Kolev wrote:

 Please stop discussing library names. There are bigger concerns with
 the D language.


     True
 

 The name does not make the functionality. But if you want to talk
 about names,
 Tango sounds old to me. It is a dance and it sounds like it came from


 the 60s.

 Phobos has this sci-fi note to it. Maybe because some of us are fans
 of star
 craft protos:).


 
     And now I'll go ahead and add some noise here ;) Phobos sounds
 *much* older to me since I associate it with the god of fear in Greek
 mythology (plus, is the god of fear really a good symbol for any
 software project? :)
 
         Jerome


You also have to be careful when importing std.teleport that you NEVER
EVER call Portal.openTo("hell"); especially not when std.marine hasn't
been implemented yet.
Jul 29 2009