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> Go should just be labeled Gogame in contrast to Golang. At the same time, there's something amusing about the idea that a six year-old programming language s
by cjbprime 11y ago
> Go should just be labeled Gogame in contrast to Golang.
At the same time, there's something amusing about the idea that a six year-old programming language should cause a 2000 year old game to change its name.
- jordigh 11y agoIt's also kind of weird we call it by its (newer) Japanese name instead of weiqi.
- NhanH 11y agoThere was a reason for that though. Before the latter half of the 20th century Japanese go scene kind of dominated for several centuries (thanks to official shogun sponsor).
- hyperpape 11y agoMore importantly, until the past few decades, Japan did the majority of the go outreach in the West. That's changed a bit, and thanks to Korean influence, it's more common to hear people saying "baduk".
- kqr 11y agoWeiqi is the transliteration we've arrived at now, but there have existed variants in the past. The Korean name Baduk is fairly unambiguous.