Spreading the word about D

[janderson]

Yigal Chripun wrote:
> janderson wrote:
>> Yigal Chripun wrote:
>>> B) I think that there should be separation between the D language itself
>>> and Walter's site. Walter's site should be about his implementation -
>>> DMD, and a different site should be created for the D language
>>> specification itself which would point to all the related sites, like
>>> digital mars, the GDC site (do they even have a site?), Dsource, etc...
>>> I know there once was a d-programming-language.com site which could be
>>> made the official gateway to all info related to the language.
>> If Walter where to go this route, I think the DigitalMars D site would
>> have to automatically go to that website, and the D implementation would
>> have to live in a slightly different location.  The fact is, when
>> someone searches for D they always get the DigitalMars site.  I still
>> think one well designed, good looking webpage would do much for
>> popularizing D.
>>
>> -Joel
> 
> I disagree. If you create a new site on www.d-programming-language.org
> [a domain already owned by Walter] and put links to all D related sites,
> than searching for "D programming language" will match the domain /and/
> all the info and this site will quickly become the 1st search result.
> Besides, it makes sense that Walter's site would be about /Walter's/
> implementation of the language while a separate D-languge site would be
> about the general specification of D.

It would take a while for things to update.  Even then, would there be 
enough links from other user webpages to make it appear as the first 
link when I type "Digital Mars D" or "D programming".  I imagine that 
the digital mars site has a lot of links from sites that are no loner 
being maintained.

-Joel