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Is this language significant for any reason other than sharing a name with Google's new language?

huhtenberg 17y ago
Its notability is in that it existed well before Google's Go, and so latter would've been better off selecting a different name.
- ebrenes 17y ago
  There are several languages that have great similarity in names and some only differ by a character or few characters: C, C++, C#, Cω, Ch; X++, XL, XSL; Go, Go!, Goo. So why again should Google make the name change?
  - gojomo 17y ago
    A standard for trademarks is risk of confusion; as the "!" is not pronounced (or typically indexed), the collision between 'Go!' and 'Go' is much stronger than the others you list. If the 'Go!' creators had any hope for using that name on a series of offerings (tools, books, etc.), they have to object to Google's use, to retain the presumptive rights they'd established so far via use.
    - moosecake 17y ago
      "'Go!' pronounced 'Go bang'"?
      - gojomo 17y ago
        What makes you think that's the recommended pronunciation? Notably, the word 'bang' does not appear in the book, "Let's Go!", so it is unlikely to be the author's preferred pronunciation: http://books.google.com/books?ei=50f7Ssn3LpOilQTelvTyDg&id=jyIrfDokmKgC&dq=isbn%3A0975444913&q=bang#v=onepage&q=bang&f=false http://books.google.com/books?ei=50f7Ssn3LpOilQTelvTyDg&...
      - wrinklz 17y ago
        Yes, I'm starting an internet company called "Yahoo", which shouldn't cause any confusion with that other company, "Yahoo!", widely known as "Yahoo Bang". Right, give me a break. :)
- tedunangst 17y ago
  But somehow not notable enough to have a wikipedia page until today.
fizx 17y ago
Obscure languages are like art in someone's attic. It could be a Van Gogh, or a child's finger painting. Valid answers to your question include "To whom?" and "Not yet (if ever)." Signed, an obscure language writer
- dschobel 17y ago
  Well that's just my point. The only notoriety this language has is because of a naming clash, not for any legitimate technical merit.

Its notability is in that it existed well before Google's Go, and so latter would've been better off selecting a different name.

ebrenes 17y ago
There are several languages that have great similarity in names and some only differ by a character or few characters: C, C++, C#, Cω, Ch; X++, XL, XSL; Go, Go!, Goo. So why again should Google make the name change?
- gojomo 17y ago
  A standard for trademarks is risk of confusion; as the "!" is not pronounced (or typically indexed), the collision between 'Go!' and 'Go' is much stronger than the others you list. If the 'Go!' creators had any hope for using that name on a series of offerings (tools, books, etc.), they have to object to Google's use, to retain the presumptive rights they'd established so far via use.
  - moosecake 17y ago
    "'Go!' pronounced 'Go bang'"?
    - gojomo 17y ago
      What makes you think that's the recommended pronunciation? Notably, the word 'bang' does not appear in the book, "Let's Go!", so it is unlikely to be the author's preferred pronunciation: http://books.google.com/books?ei=50f7Ssn3LpOilQTelvTyDg&id=jyIrfDokmKgC&dq=isbn%3A0975444913&q=bang#v=onepage&q=bang&f=false http://books.google.com/books?ei=50f7Ssn3LpOilQTelvTyDg&...
    - wrinklz 17y ago
      Yes, I'm starting an internet company called "Yahoo", which shouldn't cause any confusion with that other company, "Yahoo!", widely known as "Yahoo Bang". Right, give me a break. :)
tedunangst 17y ago
But somehow not notable enough to have a wikipedia page until today.

fizx 17y ago

Obscure languages are like art in someone's attic. It could be a Van Gogh, or a child's finger painting. Valid answers to your question include "To whom?" and "Not yet (if ever)." Signed, an obscure language writer

dschobel 17y ago
Well that's just my point. The only notoriety this language has is because of a naming clash, not for any legitimate technical merit.