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What's with all the single-character name programming languages? It's almost as if they're trying to make it a pain to search for.

protomyth 10y ago
I guess they went the theory it's the next letter after C in BCPL as B and C exist.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Or just P for parallel. Safe, parallel, asynchronous programming in higher-level language with code generation. As opposite of BCPL and C as you can get.
- noobermin 10y ago
  Then why is "D" not called "P" ? What happens when we reach L?
  - Etheryte 10y ago
    No more new programming languages. Can't do it.
    - techno_modus 10y ago
      One could use another alphabet or writing system
      - qznc 10y ago
        Does anybody know programming languages called or 𓀀 or 𐎯 or ণ or ဏ or Ꮊ or שׂ or ಠ or 𐦂 or ᛝ or ܟ or ⌨ or ?
        laurent123456 10y ago
        Seems like Google handles unicode characters, so those would be as good as any (I guess as long as it's a symbol people actually know how to pronounce). Something like Ω-lang or ∞-lang would be nice.
  - qznc 10y ago
    Actually, there are already four languages called L. I, N, O, and V are still available. H, T, and W can probably be overwritten without hurting anybody. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/one_letter_proglangs.html http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/one_letter_proglangs.html
    - krylon 10y ago
      In Germany, we have Umlaute - Ä, Ö, and Ü. Plus ß, but I am not sure if that counts as a letter. But having a programming language named Ä seems worth the effort. :-)
  - protomyth 10y ago
    D is clearly trying to break away from the BCPL > B > C heritage just as C++ didn't merit a new letter. Since D is trying to be more logical, it went with the logical incremental letter.
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solotronics 10y ago
they could make it a onomatopoeia and call it PeeLanguage
- lisivka 10y ago
  G -> GooLanguage ? :-)
unsignedqword 10y ago
Usually you can just search for languages with weird unsearchable names as "*lang". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language) (Not really sure how you'd search for this language in particular, though...)
- joallard 10y ago
  "rlang" is not really fun to search for either
- i_cant_speel 10y ago
  It's pretty easy to find with "p programming language".
  - Camillo 10y ago
    What if you have a stutter?
- carterehsmith 10y ago
  Lol, just tried 'plang', found this... whatever it is: "PlanG offers a system to infuse and promote social impact within brands and develop loyalty through emotional connections with customers."
bbcbasic 10y ago
Nothing is as bad as C#. E.g. try it on remoteok.io. They're not the only ones who can't search it. Even Google couldn't a few years back IIRC.

protomyth 10y ago

I guess they went the theory it's the next letter after C in BCPL as B and C exist.

nickpsecurity 10y ago
Or just P for parallel. Safe, parallel, asynchronous programming in higher-level language with code generation. As opposite of BCPL and C as you can get.
noobermin 10y ago
Then why is "D" not called "P" ? What happens when we reach L?
- Etheryte 10y ago
  No more new programming languages. Can't do it.
  - techno_modus 10y ago
    One could use another alphabet or writing system
    - qznc 10y ago
      Does anybody know programming languages called or 𓀀 or 𐎯 or ণ or ဏ or Ꮊ or שׂ or ಠ or 𐦂 or ᛝ or ܟ or ⌨ or ?
      - laurent123456 10y ago
        Seems like Google handles unicode characters, so those would be as good as any (I guess as long as it's a symbol people actually know how to pronounce). Something like Ω-lang or ∞-lang would be nice.
- qznc 10y ago
  Actually, there are already four languages called L. I, N, O, and V are still available. H, T, and W can probably be overwritten without hurting anybody. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/one_letter_proglangs.html http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/one_letter_proglangs.html
  - krylon 10y ago
    In Germany, we have Umlaute - Ä, Ö, and Ü. Plus ß, but I am not sure if that counts as a letter. But having a programming language named Ä seems worth the effort. :-)
- protomyth 10y ago
  D is clearly trying to break away from the BCPL > B > C heritage just as C++ didn't merit a new letter. Since D is trying to be more logical, it went with the logical incremental letter.

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solotronics 10y ago

they could make it a onomatopoeia and call it PeeLanguage

lisivka 10y ago
G -> GooLanguage ? :-)

unsignedqword 10y ago

Usually you can just search for languages with weird unsearchable names as "*lang". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language) (Not really sure how you'd search for this language in particular, though...)

joallard 10y ago
"rlang" is not really fun to search for either
i_cant_speel 10y ago
It's pretty easy to find with "p programming language".
- Camillo 10y ago
  What if you have a stutter?
carterehsmith 10y ago
Lol, just tried 'plang', found this... whatever it is: "PlanG offers a system to infuse and promote social impact within brands and develop loyalty through emotional connections with customers."

bbcbasic 10y ago

Nothing is as bad as C#. E.g. try it on remoteok.io. They're not the only ones who can't search it. Even Google couldn't a few years back IIRC.