Putting D on my CV

clayasaurus clayasaurus at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 12:05:02 PST 2006


nick wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds
>> cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I
>> think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars
>> Language, or DM  Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New
>> Langauge) :)
>>
>> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will
>> be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is
>> perfect.
>>
>> These are just my thoughts, don't shoot me for them!
>>
>> Regards,
>>  Chris
> 
> Overall, very valid points. However, google: D programming.

Or D language, or Digital Mars D. If I remember right Walter was 
originally going to call it the Mars language, but his colleagues 
insisted on calling it D, so it stuck.



More information about the Digitalmars-d mailing list