Pragma wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Brad Anderson wrote:
>>> Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)
>>
>> In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.
> 
> Colonel: This thread has simply become far too silly.
> 
> ....
> 
> Colonel: Now let's have a good, clean discussion, involving proper names and ideas.  Carry on.

Sergeant: Squad. Camp it ... up!

Soldiers: (mincing in unison) Oooh get her! Whoops! I've got your number
ducky. You couldn't afford me, dear. Two three. I'd scratch your eyes
out. Don't come the brigadier bit with us, dear, we all know where
you've been, you military fairy.
  Whoops, don't look now girls the major's just minced in with that
dolly colour sergeant, two, three, ooh-ho!

Colonel: Stop that!  It's silly; and more than a little suspect...  Time for a cartoon!

-- 
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There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:18:06 -0500, Xinok wrote:

> Honestly, I think that naming it 'Diamond' would give it less attention. Too many programming languages have 'pretty' or 'cool' names, and I find that I choose to ignore those. I think D is good, because it clearly says 'Successor to C', and that will easily grab peoples' attention.
> 
> Francis wrote:
>> I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
>>

Walter Bright wrote:
> Brad Anderson wrote:
>> Python is named for "Monty," not reptiles ;)
> 
> In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.

It's also consistent with how D handles module level access, if you think about it.  But my advice, is not to think about it.

Kevin

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:26:19 -0500, Kevin Bealer wrote:

>> In that spirit, perhaps D should be renamed "FullMonty" <g>.
> 
> It's also consistent with how D handles module level access, if you think about it.  But my advice, is not to think about it.

Now *that* is funny ...  (trying not to think of exposed privates)

-- 
Derek
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Melbourne, Australia
"Justice for David Hicks!"
27/02/2007 2:26:15 PM

Jesse Phillips wrote:
> There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But
> since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language
> that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.
> 

You need to learn your ABC's before you can learn D. :)

-Joel

PS - I agree that joke really sucked!

Andreas Kochenburger wrote:
> Francis wrote:
>> I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
>>
> 
> I am for DONNERWETTER !!
> 
> It's more expressive than diamond

Haha :-)

janderson wrote:
> Jesse Phillips wrote:
>> There is a good chance I found D by looking for C/C++ successors. But
>> since all I know was that at the time I had been looking for a language
>> that I might want to learn before starting on C++, it could be wrong.
>>
> 
> You need to learn your ABC's before you can learn D. :)
> 
> -Joel
> 
> PS - I agree that joke really sucked!

Did I read somewhere that programmer is lame. ;)

vtp

Francis Wrote:

> I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
> 

Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really doesn't work at all.. :-)

-- Henrik

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:30:14 -0500, Henrik Harmsen wrote:

> Francis Wrote:
> 
>> I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
>> 
> 
> Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really doesn't work at all.. :-)
> 
> -- Henrik

Try "D programming language". That found relevant pages quickly.

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Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
"Justice for David Hicks!"
28/02/2007 6:36:24 PM

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:30:14 -0500, Henrik Harmsen wrote:
> 
>> Francis Wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know much about D, but it seems like a very cool language with a very uncool name. I think that renaming the language from 'D' to 'Diamond' would make it a lot more attractive to the public. You know, rubies and perls, they are all nice, but diamonds are forever ;-)
>>>
>> Anything searchable on google would work for me. Searching for "D" really doesn't work at all.. :-)
>>
>> -- Henrik
> 
> Try "D programming language". That found relevant pages quickly.
> 

Just "D programming" works well too.

And also code.google.com now has a d-mode restriction for source code searches.  Help the cause by always including the phrase "D programming language" in your D-code and for goodness sakes don't put C++ mode lines like this -*-C++-*- kind of think I see some times (vi thing maybe?).

--bb