reddit discussion about Go turns to D again

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 5/16/11 1:00 PM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> On May 16, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>
>>> bearophile wrote:
>>>> Sean Kelly:
>>>>> std.paralellogrithm ;-)
>>>>
>>>> The module name I like more so far is the simple "parallel_algorithm".
>>>> But I don't mind the "p" prefix for the parallel function names.
>>>>
>>>> Bye,
>>>> bearophile
>>>
>>> It is also possible to have both "p" prefix and identical names. The latter
>>> would be mere aliases and would be activated by a version declaration or
>>> similar. I think both possibilities have their merits, so letting the user
>>> choose would be an option.
>>>
>>> parallel_algorithm is to the point, but not very concise. I do not think we
>>> can do very much better.
>>
>> That doesn't work. As soon as the non-p versions exist, you have name clashes.
>> So, if the point of starting the function names with p is to avoid name
>> clashes, then you've gained nothing. Besides, we generally try to avoid
>> aliases like that in Phobos. Such a scheme would never be accepted.
>
> I don't foresee a simple solution to the 'p' vs. non-'p' problem.  It's a complete mess.

Indeed it is widely conjectured that p!=np... :o)

Andrei