I like the actual name : D, but there is some issues with it.
D is just to small to be able to do a search on it on internet, a lot of search engine just can't index correctly something to small, and I think it's just normal.

My problem is just we can't find anything that is not on dlang.org just because D isn't correctly indexed due to is really small influence. It's little better with languages C and C++, but it's not ideal.

My proposal is to rename D by a larger word like Dlang that can start to be indexed correctly.

The aim is to help the actual community to share about Dlang in a easier why, and maybe a day I will be able to find a job offer on Dlang.

A difficulty is to push the community to take care of new name for upcoming articles.

On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:11:31 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
> I like the actual name : D, but there is some issues with it.
> D is just to small to be able to do a search on it on internet, a lot of search engine just can't index correctly something to small, and I think it's just normal.
[...]

http://dlang.org/faq#q1_1

On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:23:13 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:11:31 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
>> I like the actual name : D, but there is some issues with it.
>> D is just to small to be able to do a search on it on internet, a lot of search engine just can't index correctly something to small, and I think it's just normal.
> [...]
>
> http://dlang.org/faq#q1_1

Sorry I didn't see it.

But I am not really agree to say it's too late, it just depend on how much we estimate the interest compared to the difficulty to do it.
How many years it will take to be able to do a search on D that isn't linked to the code? Like a job search, or anything else?
Maybe it's not necessary to change it in tools, but only on web sites?
Why dlang.org and not d.org?

I think that a name change will affect the speed of the community grow now, because the effect will be larger at the beginning.

I am french and D match really often with d' that is a prefix word.

On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:23:13 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:11:31 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
>> I like the actual name : D, but there is some issues with it.
>> D is just to small to be able to do a search on it on internet, a lot of search engine just can't index correctly something to small, and I think it's just normal.
> [...]
>
> http://dlang.org/faq#q1_1

alias D somethingawholelotbetter;

Seriously whatever cons there are to a name change cannot possibly outweigh the power of the Internet. If you cannot find it on the Internet, then it simply does not exist.

As an added benefit, all those old D1 websites that have been dead for a few years will at least stop showing up during search results.

If there's no official name change, we should define an unofficial name among ourselves by holding a contest and vote on a winner, then we start using the new name everywhere. Problem solved.

--rt

On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:42:40 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> Seriously whatever cons there are to a name change cannot possibly outweigh the power of the Internet. If you cannot find it on the Internet, then it simply does not exist.

+1

> If there's no official name change, we should define an unofficial name among ourselves by holding a contest and vote on a winner, then we start using the new name everywhere. Problem solved.

I don't think we should try to find something new, when "dlang" is already a great abbreviation of "The D programming language".

On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:39:31 -0600, Flamaros <flamaros.xavier@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:23:13 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>> On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:11:31 UTC, Flamaros wrote:
>>> I like the actual name : D, but there is some issues with it.
>>> D is just to small to be able to do a search on it on internet, a lot of search engine just can't index correctly something to small, and I think it's just normal.
>> [...]
>>
>> http://dlang.org/faq#q1_1
>
> Sorry I didn't see it.
>
> But I am not really agree to say it's too late, it just depend on how much we estimate the interest compared to the difficulty to do it.
> How many years it will take to be able to do a search on D that isn't linked to the code? Like a job search, or anything else?
> Maybe it's not necessary to change it in tools, but only on web sites?
> Why dlang.org and not d.org?
>
> I think that a name change will affect the speed of the community grow now, because the effect will be larger at the beginning.
>
> I am french and D match really often with d' that is a prefix word.
most likely d.org is already taken.

You might succeed with d.io or d.me or some other variation, but i doubt it.
just google dlang.  It's smart enough to find what you want.

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On 11/8/12, Flamaros <flamaros.xavier@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that a name change will affect the speed of the community grow now, because the effect will be larger at the beginning.

That's just wishful thinking.

There is no problem searching for C, C++, or C# on the net. It's because those languages are popular, not because they have a searchable name.

On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:13:51 -0000, monarch_dodra <monarchdodra@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 20:42:40 UTC, Rob T wrote:
>> Seriously whatever cons there are to a name change cannot possibly outweigh the power of the Internet. If you cannot find it on the Internet, then it simply does not exist.
>
> +1
>
>> If there's no official name change, we should define an unofficial name among ourselves by holding a contest and vote on a winner, then we start using the new name everywhere. Problem solved.
>
> I don't think we should try to find something new, when "dlang" is already a great abbreviation of "The D programming language".

We also have DPL:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/DPL.html

R

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:p Muchas problemas:

D-lang -> not-invented-here! (golang, etc.)
DPL -> has no sound to it
iirc "dee" was also a proposal in the past

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On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:06:38 -0000, Marco Leise <Marco.Leise@gmx.de> wrote:

> DPL -> has no sound to it

I read DPL as "dee-pee-el" which sounds cool to me. :p

R

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