In article <dtdeoc$2q7k$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Cris says...
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>You could put that suggestion somewhere on your web page so everybody can see it.
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>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.
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>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.


No, if you use "D Language" inside little quotes every search engine ive ever seen will look for that as a literal string. "D Language" works pretty well. I believe the real reason you arent seeing the hundreds of hits for D is because they dont exist yet :D

"Cris" <central_p@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:dtdeoc$2q7k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 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.

Put the quotes around it in the google search box:

    "d programming"

rather than:

    d programming

Stewart Gordon escribió:
> 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.
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> Has anyone else put D in such a section?
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I have done it.

> Looking at the idea, I know that there have been other languages called D.
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> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/27897.html
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> 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?
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> I suppose there are ways to disambiguate, but wonder what's best.
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> Opinions?
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I guess they'd have to ask about D and see if we're talking about the same D (not that anyone has bothered to ask me.)

> Stewart.
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Carlos Santander Bernal

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.
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> Has anyone else put D in such a section?

Yup, though I haven't been on an interview since adding it.  I've given some interviews in the past few years however, and always like to see indications that applicants are *interested* in the field.  Listing a language like D is one way to suggest that, and also gives the interviewer an opening to ask about your interests a bit.

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

"The D Programming Language" is the string Walter suggests is used on web pages.  It should be sufficient to disambiguate if you're worried people won't know what 'D' you're referring to.


Sean