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

[Benjamin Lindley]

On 6/18/2011 12:24 PM, Benjamin Lindley wrote:
> 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.

You'll also notice that it occasionally matches on words that end in 'd, 
like you'd, we'd, etc...

C and C++ do not share that problem.