Is it too late to change the name of this language?

Benjamin Lindley benjameslindley at gmail.com
Sat Jun 18 10:24:57 PDT 2011


On 6/18/2011 5:45 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 6/17/11, Benjamin Lindley<benjameslindley at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 6/17/2011 3:33 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>> The reason D is not as "searchable" as C or C++ is because D is a
>>> small community. It has absolutely nothing to do with the name.
>>
>> But if D had a name like Brainfuck, it would be even more easily
>> searchable than C or C++, regardless of the size of it's community.
>>
>
> What exactly are the searching problems you have with D?

As one simple example, try searching for "D http client library".  None 
of the hits have anything to do with D.  It may not be a huge problem, 
but I think small things like this will contribute to people deciding 
that it's too hard to get help on things and just give up on the 
language instead.  I don't really think the language can afford those 
losses.


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