What Makes A Programming Language Good

[Walter Bright]

Jim wrote:
> Adam Ruppe Wrote:
>> Maybe. 9/10 times they match anyway, but I'd be annoyed if the package
>> names had to match the containing folder.
> 
> This is enforced in some languages, and I like it. It'd be confusing if they
> didn't match when I would go to look for something.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea for D to standardise this. Not only so that
> the compiler can traverse and compile but for all dev tools (static
> analysers, package managers, etc). Standardisation makes it easier to create
> toolchains, which I believe are essential for the growth of any language use.

Forcing the module name to match the file name sounds good, but in practice it 
makes it hard to debug modules. What I like to do is to copy a suspicious module 
to foo.d (or whatever.d) and link it in explicitly, which will override the 
breaking one. Then, I hack away at it until I discover the problem, then fix the 
original.