D needs to focus more on rebranding and reinforcing why it's deferent than the predecessor
Instead of calling it D, they should use a word to invoke some emotion, rebranding to "Destiny" would be a good start
Instead of calling it D, they should use a word to invoke some emotion, rebranding to "Destiny" would be a good start
It's a variant of C, even to the point of compiling C code. The downside to that is that C isn't exactly the hottest language among people under 50.
I was lookg through the history of C on Wikipedia, then I somehow stumbled upon a table with all programming languages in the wiki.
Under the C language, I saw D lang. I first thought it was an old outdated language like B.
But when I looked up D lang, I saw they had a website up and running, I visited it and got quite shocked, the website was modern and had an impressive description.
Although, perhaps my decision to learn C# was a reaction to my desire to no longer be myopic…
The most important is search-ability (e.g. compare results when searching "c# gc" and "d gc"), but there are also subconscious impressions that you get from a name, whether you realize or not. For example, having an indistinct name makes your language feel indistinct.
I understand your C# comment was meant tongue-in-cheek but I think it shows how you're analyzing this rationally while marketing is dealing with irrational decisions that happen instantly at a subconscious and emotional level.
Marketing is important.
D and Go share this problem, but they also share the solution. You wanna search for "dlang gc".
C# was impossible to search for when it came out btw, and for a while after. That one was solved by search engines eventually rather than by the community.
C,D,'E',F
Is there an E language? Maybe there is a rule that languages can only use consonants?
Or is this an elaborate joke about how annoying it is/was to search for Rust game development topics on the web? (Because there's a game called "Rust" and a game called "Destiny" ... `is destiny better than rust for multiplayer games`)