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.

On 11/03/2017 4:16 AM, Traktor TOni wrote:
> 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.

D was originally called Mars.
No the community choose to call it D, we're not renaming.

On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 11:25:11 UTC, Traktor TOni wrote:
> I think the name is just misleading, the D developers should at least be honest with themselves.

well the tractor derives from the shire horse and Toni comes from Antonius so you should be honest too and rename yourself to Shirehorse++ Antonius--.

On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 15:33:14 UTC, Abdulhaq wrote:
> On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 11:25:11 UTC, Traktor TOni wrote:
>> I think the name is just misleading, the D developers should at least be honest with themselves.
>
> well the tractor derives from the shire horse and Toni comes from Antonius so you should be honest too and rename yourself to Shirehorse++ Antonius--.

Please stop spamming my thread with joke responses.

On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 14:29:27 UTC, Chris wrote:
> According to Wikipedia, D was influenced by:
>
> C, C++, C#, Eiffel, Java, Python (English version)
> C, C++, Java, C#, Python, Ruby (Spanish and German version)

According to italian wikipedia instead:
C, C++, C#, Eiffel, Java, Python, Ruby

On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 16:08:15 UTC, Traktor TOni wrote:
> Please stop spamming my thread with joke responses.

When you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

"Hey everyone, why don't you completely abandon 15+ years of building your brand on the name D and change it to D++, which will inevitably lead to confusion by almost everyone? Why? Because I think you should!"

Simple answer: no.

Only expect meaningful replies to threads with meaning.

On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 15:16:56 UTC, Traktor TOni wrote:
> 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.

"D is C++ done right", that used to be one of D's slogans. It doesn't mean that is sees itself as being branched off of C++ though. I see it as being branched off of C, with similar intentions as had Bjarne Stroustrup, but making better choices and thereby, arguably, taking a bigger leap forward. So, I think "D" fits perfectly, any "++" suffix makes no sense to me.

You say D is an expanded version of C++. I think it's more an expanded version of C, surpassing C++.

On 03/10/2017 10:48 AM, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

> You say D is an expanded version of C++. I think it's more an expanded
> version of C, surpassing C++.

C++11 was a big step forward for C++ that closed the gap with D. At the time, it felt to me like they copied everything from D but now I know that programming language ideas are everywhere and it's hard to pinpoint who borrowed what from whom.

Regarding the name, I propose "1F44D  THUMBS UP SIGN" but it's not in common fonts yet. :o)

import std.stdio;

void main() {
    // Repeat the character according to excitement level
    writeln("D\U0001f44d");
}

Ali

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 05:11:39PM +0000, Jack Stouffer via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
> Only expect meaningful replies to threads with meaning.

As the geek would say:

	ASCII stupid question, getty stupid ANSI.

:-D


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On Friday, 10 March 2017 at 19:15:49 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> C++11 was a big step forward for C++ that closed the gap with D. At the time, it felt to me like they copied everything from D but now I know that programming language ideas are everywhere and it's hard to pinpoint who borrowed what from whom.

It is rather obvious that D2 leans heavily on pre-C++11... Not sure what C++11 would have borrowed from D though.