D vs D (Digital Mars vs Sun)

[Markus Dangl]

John Demme schrieb:
> Markus Dangl wrote:
> 
>> Walter Bright schrieb:
>>> I've heard that before. Sun made no public announcement of their D until
>>> late 2003 that I've ever been able to locate, and by then our D was well
>>> established. While they're right that the letter "D" cannot be
>>> trademarked, they shouldn't have done it.
>> I think we don't have to worry about it, because - as you said - the
>> letter "D" cannot be trademarked. Lets see what "D" is the better "D",
>> and i firmly believe in yours.
> 
> I don't see how "better" applies... SUN's D is a scripting language for
> DTrace, yes?   If so, then they are not competing (except for the name.)

Sorry i should've explained - i meant "better" like "having a bigger 
community" or "being the first thing people think of when they hear the 
name D". I wouldn't compare the languages, too.