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> Go was originally created at Google in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. that's possibly Google marketing hyperbole : check out what the
by jjtheblunt 3y ago
> Go was originally created at Google in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.
that's possibly Google marketing hyperbole : check out what the guys were doing just before changing from Bell Labs to Google.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_(programming_language)
- geodel 3y agoHuh, only Pike is listed not the other two on Wikipedia link. So how is it Google marketing hyperbole?
- jjtheblunt 3y agoInvented at bell labs and even in use but refined once at google
- jjtheblunt 3y agoThis to your point is fun: Russ Cox saying Go goes back to Kernighan in the early 70s in a sense. https://golang.design/history/#acknowledgements https://golang.design/history/#acknowledgements Separately, check out Russ Cox famous in the Go world... https://www.linkedin.com/in/swtch/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/swtch/