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goby-lang / goby

Goby - Yet another programming language written in Go
MIT License
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Rename the language to something that's not a homophone of "Ruby." #79

Closed bobisme closed 7 years ago

bobisme commented 7 years ago

As an American, if I read, "rooby," I read it such that it sounds exactly like "ruby."

I imagine a verbal conversation to go something like:

Bob: Hey I found this new language called "Rooby." Sandi Metz: Yeah... I think I know something about that. Bob: No, it's "rooby" with two o's. It's written in Go. Alan Turing: Go, like the ancient Chinese board game? Bob: ... where am I?

If you renamed it to "goby" you'd get all the cleverness of a portmanteau and a built-in mascot.

st0012 commented 7 years ago

@bobisme Hi I do consider renaming this project, but I haven't decide when to do this. BTW goby is a good candidate, thanks for your suggestion 😄

st0012 commented 7 years ago

@bobisme Hello, I already renamed this project to goby, thanks for your advice!