On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 11:00:52PM +0000, Israel Rodriguez via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Or you know...you could rename D to maybe something like....The Mars > programming language? The name isnt taken, and im sure it would make > it seem more interesting to people.
AFAIK, "Mars" was one of the names Walter originally wanted to use, but somehow "D" started to spread and "Mars" never gained traction among the community. In any case, it's far too late to change the name now... that ship has sailed a long time ago. [...] > The standard library could also use some serious love...Although this > is understandable since its alot more work for just 1 man. But hey, > hes gotten this far right? I don't know where you got that impression from, but Phobos is far from being the work of one man. It does need more work, though. Care to pitch in? T -- One reason that few people are aware there are programs running the internet is that they never crash in any significant way: the free software underlying the internet is reliable to the point of invisibility. -- Glyn Moody, from the article "Giving it all away"
