Comment on The L Programming LanguageComments−jtemplestein15yDear Language authors, please stop using single-letter names or generic terms for programming languages. It messes with the Google.−marbu15yDuckduckgo seems to offer reasonable results: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=L. While it doesn't solve this problem entirely, it's a good starting point.−bhickey15yThis name collision is even worse than you suggest. Lindenmayer systems (L-systems) were invented back in the 60s and have been called L-systems for years.−joshuafcole15yActually, I followed the link because I thought this was referring to a programming language derived from them.−cschmidt15yIndeed, that's what I thought of. The problem for R is so bad, people have created special purpose search engines like www.rseek.org .−JulianMorrison15yJ has an excuse. They only use identifiers longer than 1 letter because ASCII lacks for APL symbols.
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Dear Language authors, please stop using single-letter names or generic terms for programming languages. It messes with the Google.
Duckduckgo seems to offer reasonable results: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=L. While it doesn't solve this problem entirely, it's a good starting point.
This name collision is even worse than you suggest. Lindenmayer systems (L-systems) were invented back in the 60s and have been called L-systems for years.
Actually, I followed the link because I thought this was referring to a programming language derived from them.
Indeed, that's what I thought of. The problem for R is so bad, people have created special purpose search engines like www.rseek.org .
J has an excuse. They only use identifiers longer than 1 letter because ASCII lacks for APL symbols.