Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)

Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.

Check out the link below.

http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=9514

In case anyone is wondering why I would be reading this in the first place, I was tipped off a few days ago by a colleague who asked me if Walter had sold D to Microsoft, but I could not find this story until now.

Is D protected in some way against this?

DBloke

Reply to DBloke,

> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation
> Programming Language after it.
> 
[...]
> Is D protected in some way against this?
> 
> DBloke
> 

INAL but, I don't think you can TM a single letter. "D programming language" OTOH...

DBloke wrote:
> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
> 
> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.

I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable to find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:22:10 +0000, DBloke wrote:

> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
> 
> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.
> 
> Check out the link below.
> 
> http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=9514
> 
> In case anyone is wondering why I would be reading this in the first place, I was tipped off a few days ago by a colleague who asked me if Walter had sold D to Microsoft, but I could not find this story until now.
> 
> Is D protected in some way against this?
> 
> DBloke

There was also this post which has more details about the language. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1159

Walter Bright wrote:

> DBloke wrote:
>> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
>> 
>> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.
> 
> I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable to find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.

I know a guy who knows people who might known who? want me to ask?

BCS wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> DBloke wrote:
>>> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
>>>
>>> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation
>>> Programming Language after it.
>> I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable to
>> find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.
> 
> I know a guy who knows people who might known who? want me to ask?

I have some inquiries going on there at the moment, I should let them have a chance first.

Reply to Walter,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>> 
>>> DBloke wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
>>>> 
>>>> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next
>>>> generation Programming Language after it.
>>>> 
>>> I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable
>>> to find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.
>>> 
>> I know a guy who knows people who might known who? want me to ask?
>> 
> I have some inquiries going on there at the moment, I should let them
> have a chance first.
> 

OK, my offer stand though.

DBloke wrote


> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.

Because D seems to stand for "Declarative", there seems to be some sense in abondoning Cosmos, an OS so basic, that AFAICS every singleton can be bound to an OS instance.

"With Cosmos you can develop a custom build that performs exactly and only what you need. Need DNS? Make a custom Cosmos build with only the necessary pieces. Then another for SMTP, another for a local database, another for routing, another for SMTP, and so on. With Cosmos you can easily deploy several dozens of virtual machines." [cited from: http://gocosmos.org/, 2/11/08]

-manfred

Walter Bright wrote:
> DBloke wrote:
>> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
>>
>> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation Programming Language after it.
> 
> I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable to find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.


Today I talked with some Microsoft insiders, and they assured me that there would be no forthcoming official product from Microsoft named "D".

Walter Bright wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> DBloke wrote:
>>> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
>>> 
>>> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next
>>> generation Programming Language after it.
>> 
>> I had no idea Microsoft was doing this. So far, I have been unable
>> to find out the name of the manager of it so I can contact him.
> 
> 
> Today I talked with some Microsoft insiders, and they assured me that
>  there would be no forthcoming official product from Microsoft named
> "D".

Here's the official Microsoft position:

"For any existing work on languages currently under development, we have
no plans to use the name 'D' as a final product brand." -- Microsoft

And that closes the matter.