Better branding of -betterC

[Mike Parker]

On Thursday, 29 October 2020 at 11:50:12 UTC, Dibyendu Majumdar 
wrote:

>
> I was wondering if it worthwhile branding -betterC differently 
> - e.g. use a brand such as 'micro-D' or some nicer name. That 
> is, give it a new identity that highlights that it not just 
> better C  - but a D version without GC.

I think it's a bad, bad, bad idea to put any emphasis on BetterC 
other than as a tool to help in porting C or C++ code to D, or to 
integrate D into existing C and C++ projects. I see too many 
people reaching for it first thing, probably out of a misguided 
GC phobia. D is the language we need to be promoting. BetterC was 
intended for a specific purpose. Beyond that, it's a crippled D. 
If some people prefer to use it that way, fine, but we shouldn't 
encourage it.