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> DDG results are great

No, it's still far inferior to Google search.

Try "D without garbage collection" in both, and get back to me.



First result in DDG is from stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...

Google: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...

Same exact thing, so what is your point exactly?


Cherry-picking, then. Real cute.

Of the top 10 Google results, 9 specifically relate to the D programming language.

Of the top 10 DuckDuckGo results, the number is 3.


Using the top result of a search engine with a string you provided is cherry picking?

Yeah... good to see you’re not reaching or anything.


You're suggesting that nothing matters but the top result?

Don't be silly.


I’m suggesting that if the top result works it doesn’t matter. More, I’m suggesting that the next time you want to suggest a challenge you should run it yourself, first.


You can also try https://www.startpage.com/ (or !s in DDG)

Googley, but without the personal dossier.


I'm seeing different ordering of results from Google. I used a fresh Private Browsing session, so no cookies.

Second result from Google: https://dlang.org/blog/2017/06/16/life-in-the-fast-lane/ (on StartPage this is the third result)

Second result from StartPage: https://dlang.org/spec/garbage.html (on Google this is the third result)


Don’t know what to tell you except that one of them is known to filter and personalize results, definitely leverages your IP address and other identifiers, and the other claims not to.




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