These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.

I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:

// Written in the D programming language.

This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.

Yes, commander ;)

> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
>
> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
>
> // Written in the D programming language.
>
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.



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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:37:27 -0700
Walter Bright <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote:

> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
> 
> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
> 
> // Written in the D programming language.
> 
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.

Walter Bright wrote:
> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
> 
> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
> 
> // Written in the D programming language.
> 
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.

Why don't you make that part of the standard? <g>

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:37:27 -0400, Walter Bright <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote:

> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
>
> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
>
> // Written in the D programming language.
>
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.

I'll start adding it to my C and C++ source files too!

Chris Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:37:27 -0400, Walter Bright <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
>> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
>>
>> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
>>
>> // Written in the D programming language.
>>
>> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.
> 
> I'll start adding it to my C and C++ source files too!

You would sully the name of D with such profanity! <g>

Regan

Walter Bright wrote:

> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
> 
> // Written in the D programming language.
> 
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.

Or maybe even:

// Written in the D 1.0 programming language.

// Written in the D 2.0 programming language.

--anders

Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
>>
>> // Written in the D programming language.
>>
>> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.
> 
> Or maybe even:
> 
> // Written in the D 1.0 programming language.
> 
> // Written in the D 2.0 programming language.

I'd recommend not, as one should be able to quote "D programming language" when googling. So if you want to put in a version,

	// Written in the D programming language 1.0

Walter Bright wrote:

>> Or maybe even:
>>
>> // Written in the D 1.0 programming language.
>>
>> // Written in the D 2.0 programming language.
> 
> I'd recommend not, as one should be able to quote "D programming language" when googling. So if you want to put in a version,
> 
>     // Written in the D programming language 1.0

Ah, understood. So it would be OK to use something like:

// Written in the D programming language, version 1.0

With "D programming language" being the keyphrase, as in:

http://d-programming-language.org/

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Written%20in%20the%20D%20programming%20language%22

--anders

Walter Bright wrote:
> These days, there are a number of web crawling spiders that go looking for source code to index. D source code tends to superficially look like C or C++, and someone who doesn't know D might misinterpret what it is.
> 
> I suggest that all D source code modules have the following comment at the top:
> 
> // Written in the D programming language.
> 
> This will help people who are googling for D source code, and will help people who don't know they're looking at D source.


Sir, yes sir :)


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