I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.

Has anyone else put D in such a section?

Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html

I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?

I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.

Opinions?

Stewart.

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Stewart Gordon wrote:

> I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.
> 
> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
> 
> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
> 
> I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?
> 
> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Stewart.
> 

I have, and I've gotten positive feedback on this in at least two interviews.

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.
> 
> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
> 
> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
> 
> I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?
> 
> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Stewart.
> 

The other languages aren't really called D are they?
Anyway, I think mentioning DigitalMars is probably enough to disambiguate.

I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars Language, or DM  Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New Langauge) :)

These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is perfect.

These are just my thoughts, don't shoot me for them!

Regards,
 Chris


Stewart Gordon wrote:
> I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.
> 
> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
> 
> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
> 
> I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?
> 
> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Stewart.
> 

Chris wrote:
> I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars Language, or DM  Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New Langauge) :)
> 
> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is perfect.
> 
> These are just my thoughts, don't shoot me for them!
> 
> Regards,
>  Chris

Overall, very valid points. However, google: D programming.

nick wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds
>> cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I
>> think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars
>> Language, or DM  Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New
>> Langauge) :)
>>
>> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will
>> be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is
>> perfect.
>>
>> These are just my thoughts, don't shoot me for them!
>>
>> Regards,
>>  Chris
> 
> Overall, very valid points. However, google: D programming.

Or D language, or Digital Mars D. If I remember right Walter was originally going to call it the Mars language, but his colleagues insisted on calling it D, so it stuck.

"Chris" <central_p@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:dtcv94$29ls$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars Language, or DM Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New Langauge) :)

Calling it "D" squarely positions it where it aims to be.

> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is perfect.

I agree, which is why I suggest that anyone putting up a web page on D have the text "D programming language" on it somewhere.

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dtcq67$2434$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.
>
> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
>
> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
>
> I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?
>
> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
>
> Opinions?

I'd put it on your CV (I assume that's your resume?) as "D programming language", not just D. D has gained a lot of name recognition in the past year, and I doubt there'll be any problems with it on a languages list. Try googling on it and it'll be clear.

Chris wrote:
> I think that the name D for the language is not good. Well, it sounds cool and is an improvement over C++ but just try googling for it. I think that an unambiguous name would have been better - like Mars Language, or DM  Langage or even DMD Language or WCNL (Walter's Cool New Langauge) :)
> 
> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is perfect.
> 
> These are just my thoughts, don't shoot me for them!
> 
> Regards,
>  Chris
> 
> 
> Stewart Gordon wrote:
> 
>> I'm in the process of getting my CV up to scratch.  In the skills section, I have a list of languages that I can program in.
>>
>> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
>>
>> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
>>
>> I believe the one we talk of here is probably the best known now. However, what if the language called D that a prospective employer has heard of is one of the others?
>>
>> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> Stewart.
>>

Try to google for "C"..ok, you're gettin a few results related to development, but compared to it's age I wouldn't wonder at all. As soon as D is as old as C, I bet it'll be on the first place on Google's page when searching for "D".

Ad topic:
I've put D also into the list of competences, but it didn't help me yet.

Regards, Alex

>> These days when naming something we have to also to consider how it will be displayed on the Net. In that context for instance the name C++ is perfect.
> 
> I agree, which is why I suggest that anyone putting up a web page on D have the text "D programming language" on it somewhere. 

You could put that suggestion somewhere on your web page so everybody can see it.

What about inventing some alias convention like dlang or whatever you like it that people can put it on their page, so that it is used for searching purposes.

Anyway some searching systems do not work well with single characters names like D, even if you write: "D Language", they'll produce "D" and "Language" resaults, which unfortunately will be garbage.