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*Go
by friendly_chap 13y ago
*Go
- rpsw 13y agoGolang is often preferred as it's much easier to search for and no need to disambiguate between other things called Go (Chinese board game, 1999 film).
- limmeau 13y agoI wish they had renamed it to Issue9 when they still had the chance.
- _ak 13y agoIssue 9 from Google Labs.
- laumars 13y agoAs well as the other similarly named programming language: Go! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) ) To be honest, I hate the name "Go" even for vocally conversing. It's such a common term that the context is completely lost with verbal communication so I'm often having to explain things in a long winded way. eg "It's programmed in Google's language named 'Go'". Google probably should have just released it as "Golang" from the start to save a lot of trouble and confusion.
- raverbashing 13y agoYes Google should have known better what's a good "googable" name. Golang is a good compromise
- ralph 13y agoBut then the debugger can't be called ogle.
- darkgray 13y agoI always thought Goo could be a name that sticks.
- mseepgood 13y ago> As well as the other similarly named programming language: Go! This language doesn't even have a home page or a download page.