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It's an endemic problem in Go community. The language itself was named Go despite the fact that another language named Go already existed: http://en.wikipedia.o
by Grue3 13y ago
It's an endemic problem in Go community. The language itself was named Go despite the fact that another language named Go already existed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_%28programming_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_%28programming_language%29
- Dewie 13y agoIt's named "Go!", though. Must be an imperative language. What we really need is a third programming language named "Go?", the query language.
- Argorak 13y agoThere is also Go, Thoughtworks Continous Integration Platform. http://www.thoughtworks.com/products/go-continuous-delivery http://www.thoughtworks.com/products/go-continuous-delivery (although it came later)
- Grue3 13y agoAnd also an ancient board game. Interesting that the author of Go! asked Go to change their name in one of the first bug reports, but they refused. Some people propose calling Go "Issue 9" to avoid confusion. It's probably more Google-able too. https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9 https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9