I don't have a horse in this race, but as for "Go" vs. "golang" - I imagine people use "golang" as it's a bit more clear that you're talking about a specific th

I don't have a horse in this race, but as for "Go" vs. "golang" - I imagine people use "golang" as it's a bit more clear that you're talking about a specific thing (the programming language), as opposed to a fairly common English word (and a board game, and probably some other uses). From https://go.dev/doc/faq#go_or_golang https://go.dev/doc/faq#go_or_golang: Is the language called Go or Golang? The language is called Go. The "golang" moniker arose because the web site was originally golang.org. (There was no .dev domain then.) Many use the golang name, though, and it is handy as a label. For instance, the Twitter tag for the language is "#golang". The language's name is just plain Go, regardless.