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reply Francis <francis.rammeloo gmail.com> writes:
I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
Feb 26 2007
next sibling parent wei <wstring gmail.com> writes:
Francis Wrote:


 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


Great idea!!!
Feb 26 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent Gregor Richards <Richards codu.org> writes:
Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


That would have been a good idea a few years ago (well before either of 
us knew of D)

But now, if the name changed, we'd just have a community of people 
saying "Yeah, D is great. Erm, Diamond. Whatever, I hate that name."

  - Gregor Richards
Feb 26 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent janderson <askme me.com> writes:
Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


I like the name D.  It says it all with just one letter.  The next 
generation of C++ programming.

-Joel
Feb 26 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Andreas Kochenburger <akk nospam.org> writes:
Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


I am for DONNERWETTER !!

It's more expressive than diamond
Feb 26 2007
parent Nicolai Waniek <no.spam thank.you> writes:
Andreas Kochenburger wrote:

 Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with
 a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to
 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know,
 rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)


 
 I am for DONNERWETTER !!
 
 It's more expressive than diamond


Haha :-)
Feb 27 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent reply kenny <funisher gmail.com> writes:
Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


*sarcasm*


rubies are gay -- so are perls. wait, all gemstones are gay. Let's just copy
python and call it "DIAMONDBACK!" instead (which is a far more aggressive name,
anyway)


although, we'd be missing out on the marketing opportunity to reach programming
gangstas lookin to sport a different kinda ice :)
Feb 26 2007
parent reply Brad Anderson <brad dsource.org> writes:
kenny wrote:

 Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a
 very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to
 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know,
 rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


 
 *sarcasm*
 
 
 rubies are gay -- so are perls. wait, all gemstones are gay. Let's just
 copy python and call it "DIAMONDBACK!" instead (which is a far more
 aggressive name, anyway)


Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)


 
 
 although, we'd be missing out on the marketing opportunity to reach
 programming gangstas lookin to sport a different kinda ice :)
Feb 26 2007
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
Brad Anderson wrote:

 Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)


In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.
Feb 26 2007
next sibling parent reply Pragma <ericanderton yahoo.removeme.com> writes:
Walter Bright wrote:

 Brad Anderson wrote:

 Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)


 
 In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.


Colonel: This thread has simply become far too silly.

...

Colonel: Now let's have a good, clean discussion, involving proper names and
ideas.  Carry on.

-- 
- EricAnderton at yahoo
Feb 26 2007
parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Pragma wrote:

 Walter Bright wrote:

 Brad Anderson wrote:

 Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)


 In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.


 
 Colonel: This thread has simply become far too silly.
 
 ....
 
 Colonel: Now let's have a good, clean discussion, involving proper names
 and ideas.  Carry on.


Sergeant: Squad. Camp it ... up!

Soldiers: (mincing in unison) Oooh get her! Whoops! I've got your number
ducky. You couldn't afford me, dear. Two three. I'd scratch your eyes
out. Don't come the brigadier bit with us, dear, we all know where
you've been, you military fairy.
  Whoops, don't look now girls the major's just minced in with that
dolly colour sergeant, two, three, ooh-ho!

Colonel: Stop that!  It's silly; and more than a little suspect...  Time
for a cartoon!

-- 
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make sense.

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Feb 26 2007
prev sibling parent reply Kevin Bealer <kevinbealer gmail.com> writes:
Walter Bright wrote:

 Brad Anderson wrote:

 Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)


 
 In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.


It's also consistent with how D handles module level access, if you 
think about it.  But my advice, is not to think about it.

Kevin
Feb 26 2007
parent Derek Parnell <derek nomail.afraid.org> writes:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:26:19 -0500, Kevin Bealer wrote:


 In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.


 
 It's also consistent with how D handles module level access, if you 
 think about it.  But my advice, is not to think about it.


Now *that* is funny ...  (trying not to think of exposed privates)

-- 
Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
"Justice for David Hicks!"
27/02/2007 2:26:15 PM
Feb 26 2007
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Xinok <xnknet gmail.com> writes:
Honestly, I think that naming it 'Diamond' would give it less attention. 
Too many programming languages have 'pretty' or 'cool' names, and I find 
that I choose to ignore those. I think D is good, because it clearly 
says 'Successor to C', and that will easily grab peoples' attention.

Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
Feb 26 2007
parent reply Jesse Phillips <Jesse.K.Phillips+Digitalmars gmail.com> writes:
There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But
since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language
that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:18:06 -0500, Xinok wrote:


 Honestly, I think that naming it 'Diamond' would give it less attention. 
 Too many programming languages have 'pretty' or 'cool' names, and I find 
 that I choose to ignore those. I think D is good, because it clearly 
 says 'Successor to C', and that will easily grab peoples' attention.
 
 Francis wrote:

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
Feb 26 2007
parent reply janderson <askme me.com> writes:
Jesse Phillips wrote:

 There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But
 since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language
 that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.
 


You need to learn your ABC's before you can learn D. :)

-Joel

PS - I agree that joke really sucked!
Feb 26 2007
parent vanh <vanh dslextreme.com> writes:
janderson wrote:

 Jesse Phillips wrote:

 There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But
 since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language
 that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.


 
 You need to learn your ABC's before you can learn D. :)
 
 -Joel
 
 PS - I agree that joke really sucked!


Did I read somewhere that programmer is lame. ;)

vtp
Feb 27 2007
prev sibling parent reply Henrik Harmsen <henrik harmsen.se> writes:
Francis Wrote:


 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really
doesn't work at all.. :-)

-- Henrik
Feb 27 2007
parent reply Derek Parnell <derek nomail.afraid.org> writes:
On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:30:14 -0500, Henrik Harmsen wrote:


 Francis Wrote:
 

 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
 


 
 Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really
doesn't work at all.. :-)
 
 -- Henrik


Try "D programming language". That found relevant pages quickly.

-- 
Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
"Justice for David Hicks!"
28/02/2007 6:36:24 PM
Feb 27 2007
parent reply Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:
Derek Parnell wrote:

 On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:30:14 -0500, Henrik Harmsen wrote:
 

 Francis Wrote:


 I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very
uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would
make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they
are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)


 Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really
doesn't work at all.. :-)

 -- Henrik


 
 Try "D programming language". That found relevant pages quickly.
 


Just "D programming" works well too.

And also code.google.com now has a d-mode restriction for source code 
searches.  Help the cause by always including the phrase "D programming 
language" in your D-code and for goodness sakes don't put C++ mode lines 
like this -*-C++-*- kind of think I see some times (vi thing maybe?).

--bb
Feb 27 2007
parent reply Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:
Bill Baxter wrote


 code.google.com now has a d-mode


That's interesting: how do they filter D-code embedded in html?

-manfred
Feb 27 2007
parent Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:
Manfred Nowak wrote:

 Bill Baxter wrote
 

 code.google.com now has a d-mode


 
 That's interesting: how do they filter D-code embedded in html?
 


I have no idea, but you could imagine a search algorithm that looks for 
a combination of keywords or patterns that are peculiar to a given 
language.  For example if you see "foreach(* ; *)" it's a pretty good 
indicator you're looking at D code.  Not many languages have "foreach" 
followed by a semicolon in the following parentheses.

I could imagine you could even automate the process of finding such 
characteristic patterns by throwing a mass of known D code at some sort 
of learning algorithm.

But I don't know what Google actually does.

--bb
Feb 27 2007