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I was expecting a book on learning Go, the game. I was disappointed. I hate it when people name new things with a name that obviously conflicts with something
by TwistedWeasel 14y ago
I was expecting a book on learning Go, the game. I was disappointed.
I hate it when people name new things with a name that obviously conflicts with something else that's likely to be known and discussed in the same community.
- tzs 14y agoGood book for learning Go, the game: http://www.amazon.com/Go-Beginners-Kaoru-Iwamoto/dp/0394733312 http://www.amazon.com/Go-Beginners-Kaoru-Iwamoto/dp/03947333...
- insertnickname 14y agoI hate when people name things common names/words like "Go". "Dart" is also bad.
- huckfinnaafb 14y agoThen Java, Chrome, Ruby, Rails, Bash, Curl, Python, Apache, Lynx, Scheme, Unity and dozens of other project names must infuriate you :).
- Jimmie 14y agoMostly it's an annoyance at trying to find relevant web pages on the topic. In that regard the more prolific the software the more it can get away with a common word as a name. "Go" is the worst of the bunch by far. "Dart" is pretty bad, "Java", "Chrome" and "Python" would be just as bad but they have swarmed the search results so much that it doesn't bug me.
- derefr 14y agoI find that using the search terms "go language" (without the quotes) works a lot better--at least for any conflationary n-gram based search engine, like Google. Just think of it as a type annotation :)
- batista 14y agoNo to mention "C", the worst of all.
- nextparadigms 14y agoOr Apple.
- libria 14y agoI get a chuckle out of Google's final status regarding the naming conflict with Francis McCabe's Go!: http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9 http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9
- shasta 14y agoSummary: Go!, $!?@ yourself.
- Jun8 14y agoI liked An Introduction to Go (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-introduction-to-go-james-davies/1000255109 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-introduction-to-go-james-...) and The Second Book of Go (http://www.amazon.com/Second-Book-Beginner-Elementary-Books/dp/4906574319 http://www.amazon.com/Second-Book-Beginner-Elementary-Books/...)
- melling 14y agoI think someone said this the last time someone posted something about the Go language. Considering that we talk about the Go language here a lot more than the game, it shouldn't be a surprise. I'm gonna tag this message so I can point it out the next time someone expresses their disappointment. Not so easy to search for the word go. :-) TAGS: golang, disappointment, go, melling
- TwistedWeasel 14y agoMy favorite book for learning Go (the game)... http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Play-Go-Masters-Ultimate/dp/1453632891/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1336159861&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Play-Go-Masters-Ultimate/dp/1453...