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

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Mon Jun 20 12:35:11 PDT 2011


"Mike James" <foo at bar.com> wrote in message 
news:itn6h2$3og$1 at digitalmars.com...
> "Benjamin Lindley" <benjameslindley at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:itgcgc$2lnk$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> I'm new to this language, and so far, I really like it.  But that name is 
>> unsearchable.  Don't you guys think that hinders the language from 
>> catching on?  Yes, you can search for D Programming Language, but that 
>> doesn't help find pages where the author only calls it D.  Is it too late 
>> to change the name?  Possibly deprecate it?
>
> You could call it Symbol...
>
> The Language Formally Known As D.

I'm detecting a reference to "The artist formerly known as 'the artist 
formerly known as Prince'". That's a long name, but he earned it ;)




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