Thread overview
looking for d on the internet
Sep 14, 2005
Joris
Sep 14, 2005
Chris Sauls
Sep 14, 2005
Joris
Sep 14, 2005
J Thomas
Sep 14, 2005
clayasaurus
Sep 14, 2005
Vathix
Sep 14, 2005
Carlos Santander
Sep 15, 2005
Walter Bright
Sep 15, 2005
bobef
September 14, 2005
Hi all

If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?

Joris
September 14, 2005
Joris wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?

Not really.  In this case, what you want to look at are the links page at Digital Mars:
http://digitalmars.com/d/dlinks.html

And the Wiki:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?MoreLinks

And of course instead of full Web searching, there's always the oft-neglected Directory:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/D/

Add on the requisite link to dsource:
http://www.dsource.org/

And there you go.  That should be all the springboard that you need.

-- Chris Sauls

PS -- A name like "D++" would actually annoy some search engines and get odd or incomplete results, anyhow.  Plus it implies an already extant "D" language which "D++" supercedes or extends, such as the relationship between C++ and C.  Personally, I would've been happy if the language had kept the name "Mars" although that wouldn't have been any easier to search for.
September 14, 2005
so you want to change the name because of google failures?

see ladies and gentlemen, this is why walter is so awesome :D

jk

Joris wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> 
> Joris
September 14, 2005
Chris Sauls wrote:
> Joris wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>>
>> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
>> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> 
> 
> Not really.  In this case, what you want to look at are the links page at Digital Mars:
> http://digitalmars.com/d/dlinks.html
> 
> And the Wiki:
> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?MoreLinks
> 
> And of course instead of full Web searching, there's always the oft-neglected Directory:
> http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/D/
> 
> Add on the requisite link to dsource:
> http://www.dsource.org/
> 
> And there you go.  That should be all the springboard that you need.
> 
> -- Chris Sauls
> 
> PS -- A name like "D++" would actually annoy some search engines and get odd or incomplete results, anyhow.  Plus it implies an already extant "D" language which "D++" supercedes or extends, such as the relationship between C++ and C.  Personally, I would've been happy if the language had kept the name "Mars" although that wouldn't have been any easier to search for.
Hi

Thanks for the reply.

I agree the links you give are very usefull, but sometimes you're looking for that small page holding some info on, let's say "d language oracle" which wasn't added to forementioned links. In that case, looking for something like "dmars oracle" would give a better result.

Joris
September 14, 2005
Joris wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> 
> Joris

Who would search for 'd' on google and expect it to be relevant to programming anyhow?
September 14, 2005
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:05:03 -0400, clayasaurus <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote:

> Who would search for 'd' on google and expect it to be relevant to programming anyhow?

Several popular search engines return Digital Mars on the first page when searching for D, including Yahoo, MSN and AllTheWeb. Not that it's a good search query, but I was pretty surprised.
September 14, 2005
Joris escribió:
> Hi all
> 
> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> 
> Joris

"d programming language" seems to be the best keywords for a search.

-- 
Carlos Santander Bernal
September 15, 2005
"Carlos Santander" <csantander619@gmail.com> wrote in message news:dgabsg$2bpq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Joris escribió:
> > Hi all
> >
> > If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages. Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> >
> > Joris
>
> "d programming language" seems to be the best keywords for a search.

Yes. I also strongly suggest including the phrase "d programming language" on any web pages one creates that deals with D, and somewhere in any newsgroup posting (not necessary for the ones on news.digitalmars.com).


September 15, 2005
Joris wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> If you look for d stuff on the internet, giving "d" as a search isn't wise, giving "d language" will perhaps leave out some nice pages.
> Wouldn't is be nice if d was called d++?
> 
> Joris

When I search google for D I type "digital mars d". It gives good results usualy.