Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going.

[Taylan Kammer]

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