New language name proposal

[Thomas Koch]

Flamaros wrote:
> How many years it will take to be able to do a search on D that
> isn't linked to the code? Like a job search, or anything else?
I've done a little bit in the area of search engines. With todays algorithms 
it's no problem to search for a language with a single letter "D". Modern 
search engines analyze the context of this "D" and know whether the site is 
about programming languages or Germany (D for Deutschland).

Try searching for "f ide linux"! The computer word "linux" makes it clear to 
google that f is the name of the programming language. "f ide" is too 
unspecific.

> Why dlang.org and not d.org?
Because there is no d.org:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_domain

> I think that a name change will affect the speed of the community
> grow now, because the effect will be larger at the beginning.
Far more important than the name is the network of links between d related 
content. Only good web sites about d linking to other good websites will 
make d more visible to search engines and thus to people.

I started a discussion about the sorry state of the D wiki[1]. Maybe you'd 
like to help pushing this issue?

[1] http://forum.dlang.org/thread/k6jak1$quh$1@digitalmars.com

Best regards, Thomas Koch