Rename 'D' to 'D++'

Traktor TOni via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Fri Mar 10 07:16:56 PST 2017


On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 15:10:34 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Why, then, is Rust called "Rust"? "C++" was chosen to signal 
> that it's an improvement of C. "D++" would mean an improvement 
> of D. If D is improved C++, then we would have to call it 
> "C++++".
>
> This thread is absurd and leads nowhere.

Rust has its own name, they don't have to follow any idea.
D has chosen to use the naming scheme of C and as such it should 
be honest and use D++ because that's what D is: An expanded 
version of the former language.


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