Is it too late to change the name of this language?
Nick Sabalausky
a at a.a
Sat Jun 18 12:41:47 PDT 2011
"Benjamin Lindley" <benjameslindley at gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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...
>
Sounds like more of a Google problem.
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