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The subsummation of the word 'Gopher' into the Go language eco-sphere irritates me also. I believe it has something to do with the Language having adopted the G

The subsummation of the word 'Gopher' into the Go language eco-sphere irritates me also. I believe it has something to do with the Language having adopted the Gopher (animal) as their mascot? Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product. Gopher the protocol maybe niche these days, but it's not dead. The continued use of the term 'Gopher-XYZ' by the Go language people will only accelerate the death of the Gopher protocol, which although inevitable it does not mean it should be erased from history by something else.

canes123456 9y ago
There a tons of name conflicts for things that are more popular than the gopher protocol. If the creators wanted to avoid this they need to pick a unique name.
- treve 9y ago
  My pet peeve is Atom the protocol and Atom the text editor. They're obscuring a format and a protocol that's much more important for the web than another text editor is, and they're doing the world a disfavor as a result.
  - elinchrome 9y ago
    Even worse is when Justin Timberlake did that song "Cry Me A River", when there was already an excellent song by the same name. It just obscures the existing song, and does the world a disservice.
    - treve 9y ago
      Pretty rude way to disagree with someone. I'd appreciate any criticism, but not sure what I'm supposed to do with this comment, other than feeling bad.
      - kminehart 9y ago
        I'm getting the impression that he wasn't actually telling you to "cry him a river".
      - justbaker 9y ago
        perhaps, have a laugh?
  - edoceo 9y ago
    And I've been using Atom as my default username on local Linux installs since 2001. So now I invoke my user installed editor as /home/atom/opt/Atom/bin/atom And to check it's running? NP! Just use `ps -eF|grep -i atom` We need more letters
hdjddjtjtj55 9y ago
"Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product." Just because you think that doesn't mean they can't. Since when was the rest of the world obliged to follow your rules? Besides, I doubt the world is about to ditch the usual operating systems for Gopher OS. Is this really a problem?
nawgszy 9y ago
>which although inevitable it does not mean it should be erased from history by something else Why do you think it's inevitable, if not exactly because it is to be erased by something else?
mhd 9y ago
> Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product. I get that each time a "ML" link is posted here. Sadly it's almost never about the various successors of Miranda.
vorg 9y ago
There were many similar complaints when the Go language itself was announced, there already being a programming language named "Go!"
- jhbadger 9y ago
  And also a 2500+ year old Chinese board game, generally referred to in English by its Japanese name (Go). Although the ambiguity of the name is beginning to popularize its Korean name, baduk (as in /r/baduk)

canes123456 9y ago

There a tons of name conflicts for things that are more popular than the gopher protocol. If the creators wanted to avoid this they need to pick a unique name.

treve 9y ago
My pet peeve is Atom the protocol and Atom the text editor. They're obscuring a format and a protocol that's much more important for the web than another text editor is, and they're doing the world a disfavor as a result.
- elinchrome 9y ago
  Even worse is when Justin Timberlake did that song "Cry Me A River", when there was already an excellent song by the same name. It just obscures the existing song, and does the world a disservice.
  - treve 9y ago
    Pretty rude way to disagree with someone. I'd appreciate any criticism, but not sure what I'm supposed to do with this comment, other than feeling bad.
    - kminehart 9y ago
      I'm getting the impression that he wasn't actually telling you to "cry him a river".
    - justbaker 9y ago
      perhaps, have a laugh?
- edoceo 9y ago
  And I've been using Atom as my default username on local Linux installs since 2001. So now I invoke my user installed editor as /home/atom/opt/Atom/bin/atom And to check it's running? NP! Just use `ps -eF|grep -i atom` We need more letters

hdjddjtjtj55 9y ago

"Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product." Just because you think that doesn't mean they can't. Since when was the rest of the world obliged to follow your rules? Besides, I doubt the world is about to ditch the usual operating systems for Gopher OS. Is this really a problem?

nawgszy 9y ago

>which although inevitable it does not mean it should be erased from history by something else Why do you think it's inevitable, if not exactly because it is to be erased by something else?

mhd 9y ago

> Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product. I get that each time a "ML" link is posted here. Sadly it's almost never about the various successors of Miranda.

vorg 9y ago

There were many similar complaints when the Go language itself was announced, there already being a programming language named "Go!"

jhbadger 9y ago
And also a 2500+ year old Chinese board game, generally referred to in English by its Japanese name (Go). Although the ambiguity of the name is beginning to popularize its Korean name, baduk (as in /r/baduk)