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I don't see how the two situations are similar at all. Google didn't appropriate the syntax or standard for the original Go, they just used the same (extremely
by ewoodrich 12y ago
I don't see how the two situations are similar at all.
Google didn't appropriate the syntax or standard for the original Go, they just used the same (extremely common) two letter word.
And I don't really see the problem there, there are a multitude of hobby and dead languages with names that may be duplicated in the future.
- mindcrime 12y agoI don't see how you can not see that the two situations are similar. Note: similar, not identical. Google stole a name that was already being used in the exact same domain (programming language). Nobody said they borrowed the same syntax or anything, that isn't the point. And I don't really see the problem there And that is the problem. People don't care about somebody just coming along and arbitrarily usurping a name somebody else is already using. Of course they may see it differently one day when the shoe is on the other foot. But for now, there seems to be a trend where people don't care about resolving name collisions... and even more so if they're a rich entity like Google or Apple.