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Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the
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Taylan Kammer |
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Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going. |
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Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:42:27 +0100 |
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On 18.11.2019 03:21, Richard Stallman wrote:
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> > > I also don't think that shepherd is a better name, dmd far better
> > > describes the intent Wolfgang and I had when we wrote and designed it.
>
> > It wasn’t our decision to rename dmd to shepherd. I liked “dmd” too.
>
> What was the reason to change it? Does anyone thing the new name
> is better?
The reason is that the compiler for the D programming language is also
called DMD. If I remember correctly, it's older than GNU DMD, so the
courteous thing to do was change the name of GNU DMD.
I think GNU Shepherd is a nice name.
- Taylan
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., (continued)
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- Re: DMD / Pies, Svante Signell, 2019/11/15
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- Re: DMD / Pies, Jean Louis, 2019/11/21
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Ricardo Wurmus, 2019/11/16
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Richard Stallman, 2019/11/17
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going.,
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- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., nipponmail, 2019/11/23
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Ricardo Wurmus, 2019/11/23
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Nala Ginrut, 2019/11/23
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., nipponmail, 2019/11/23
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Richard Stallman, 2019/11/23
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Jean Louis, 2019/11/21
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Svante Signell, 2019/11/12
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., nipponmail, 2019/11/12
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., Alexander Vdolainen, 2019/11/13
- Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going., nipponmail, 2019/11/13