http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/

On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 01:29:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/

Unfortunately the choice of ć as the name dominates much of the reddit discussion. I just had to mention it, because I too thought there was a glitch concerning the "c". Also unfortunate is that it's written in C# and requires acrobatics to run on a Linux machine, yet it ironically aims to be for writing "very portable programming libraries". I'm left scratching my head ...

--rt

On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 06:09:46 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 01:29:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/
>
> Unfortunately the choice of ć as the name dominates much of the reddit discussion. I just had to mention it, because I too thought there was a glitch concerning the "c". Also unfortunate is that it's written in C# and requires acrobatics to run on a Linux machine, yet it ironically aims to be for writing "very portable programming libraries". I'm left scratching my head ...
>
> --rt

I was pleased to see that there is a language with non-english name, but I share opinion with most of reddit crowd that single-letter name such as Ć (and even D!) is a bad choice for naming a language. It's just not easily searchable!

Interestingly, for a school project I've developed a tiny language and stack-based VM for it called Ћ (that's a cyrillic Ć) and just for fun I've also made all keywords cyrilic :D (it was c-like of course, hence the name)

On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 06:09:46 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 01:29:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/
>
> Unfortunately the choice of ć as the name dominates much of the reddit discussion. I just had to mention it, because I too thought there was a glitch concerning the "c". Also unfortunate is that it's written in C# and requires acrobatics to run on a Linux machine, yet it ironically aims to be for writing "very portable programming libraries". I'm left scratching my head ...
>
> --rt

I also don't see much value in it, as it would be better to have something to similar to negen, compiling IL to native code.

Thus supporting any language that targets the CLR.

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Paulo

On 6/16/2013 11:31 PM, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
> It's just not easily searchable!

I beg to differ:

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/cak93zw

On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 09:34:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/16/2013 11:31 PM, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
>> It's just not easily searchable!
>
> I beg to differ:
>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/cak93zw

Sadly, searching for "d la" doesn't give me any D-related result on first page on google or duckduckgo (my default search engine). First hit on Google is for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults and on DDG for Defense Logistics Agency - Home Page.

It must be that it works for you because of your search history.

When I look for something on D I don't usually search on google or other search engines, I search here at forums, github, stackoverflow or (in the "old" days) on dsource. When I do use search engine I search for dlang and it works.

I'm not saying that D is a bad name, it fits more than C++ as a C successor, just that it's not that easy to search for. When I tell people about D I always point them to dlang.org, so they don't go on google first :)

On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 13:47:59 UTC, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
> On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 09:34:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 6/16/2013 11:31 PM, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
>>> It's just not easily searchable!
>>
>> I beg to differ:
>>
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/cak93zw
>
> Sadly, searching for "d la" doesn't give me any D-related result on first page on google or duckduckgo (my default search engine). First hit on Google is for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults and on DDG for Defense Logistics Agency - Home Page.
>
> It must be that it works for you because of your search history.
>
> When I look for something on D I don't usually search on google or other search engines, I search here at forums, github, stackoverflow or (in the "old" days) on dsource. When I do use search engine I search for dlang and it works.
>
> I'm not saying that D is a bad name, it fits more than C++ as a C successor, just that it's not that easy to search for. When I tell people about D I always point them to dlang.org, so they don't go on google first :)

Oh, on second read I see you were talking about autocomplete box. I've disabled that feature long ago..

On 6/17/2013 6:53 AM, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
> Oh, on second read I see you were talking about autocomplete box. I've disabled
> that feature long ago..

I like the autocomplete box. I use it as a spell checker :-)

Anyhow, I think the days of D being hard to search for are past.

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 06:29:21PM -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/

How on earth do you pronounce the name of this language? :-(  "Cee acute"? I'm tempted to propose renaming it to C-flat. :-P


T

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On Monday, 17 June 2013 at 18:15:54 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 06:29:21PM -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gfk15/ć_programming_language_compile_c_subset_to_c_java/
>
> How on earth do you pronounce the name of this language? :-(  "Cee
> acute"? I'm tempted to propose renaming it to C-flat. :-P
>
>
> T

http://translate.google.com/#auto/pl/%C4%86 and hit Listen button in the lower-right corner of second box :)