D Framework

[Dimitar Kolev]

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:).