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Why does it seem like Go programmers need to include "in Go" on the tail end of product announcements?
by rco8786 10y ago
Why does it seem like Go programmers need to include "in Go" on the tail end of product announcements?
- mi100hael 10y agoThere's also already a reasonably-popular Go project called "Micro," though honestly both projects could have picked better names. https://github.com/micro https://github.com/micro
- zyedidia 10y agoYes it's unfortunate that there is already a popular Go project called "micro." The name here is a play on "nano" editor and I had already started the project by the time I saw https://github.com/micro https://github.com/micro. Oh well, I still like the name.
- f2f 10y agobecause it targets a specific audience. people not interested in editors may look it up because they're interested in Go, and vice versa. editors written in Rust also announce it proudly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8734307 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8734307, so do many other projects.
- lohankin 10y agoThey cracked some vulnerability in HN ranking algo. "Go" is a magic word
- AYBABTME 10y ago"in language X" tells me, "I'm comfortable hacking in language X, I'm happy with the idea of using a product written in something I can hack". A pretty good reason, I think.
- exadeci 10y agoGo is hype and people think that because it's done by google it's cool meanwhile people at Google are using more and more Rust they even made their own editor with it: https://github.com/google/xi-editor https://github.com/google/xi-editor