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I have already used the name for *MY* programming language #9

Closed gopherbot closed 9 years ago

gopherbot commented 14 years ago

by fmccabe:

I have been working on a programming language, also called Go, for the last 10 years.
There have 
been papers published on this and I have a book.

I would appreciate it if google changed the name of this language; as I do not want to
have to 
change my language!
dsymonds commented 14 years ago

Comment 1:

References?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 2 by fmccabe:

If you google (sic) francis mccabe go you will find some references.
I published the book on lulu.com
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 3 by reidellis:

I think Mr McCabe's language is called "Go!". Here's the Lulu link:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/lets-go/641689
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 4 by niral.n95:

reidellis: is right! its "Lets Go!" or "Go!". This is google "go", "The Go 
Programming Language" Bigg Difference.. :)
P.s. Anyone hearing the release of Google "go" would have picked up their book that 
never sold and started finding the work "GO" and as they would find their 1st "GO" 
they wil go , Eureka! :)
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 5 by fmccabe:

My language is called Go!. The book is called Let's Go!. 
The issue is not whether or not Google's go will be well known. It is one of fairness.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 6 by zhenshe41:

In Go! , can the IDE know the differences between Go! and go ?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 7 by shirish4you:

ah... Google should change the name...
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 8 by marcio.andreeta:

"In Go! , can the IDE know the differences between Go! and go ?"
I don't know about the IDE, but I just tested and google search engine sure can't.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 9 by spronkey:

Indeed they should. Full support for you, Mr. McCabe. It's not that hard to find 
references to your language online either - it was on the first page of Bing, second 
of Google for 'go programming language'.
In fact, the title of the Google go tutorial page is even "Let's Go".
It would be pretty poor for you folks Google to keep this name given your "do no 
evil" slogan!
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 10 by nofakesallowed:

Google should totally change the name, fmccabe you should find a (cheap) lawyer just
in case...
Google has deep pockets.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 11 by nofakesallowed:

btw, what's up reddit
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 12 by alex.salkever:

fmcabe -- could you contact me at alex @ dailyfinance.com? Might want to write a
little article about this. Thanks.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 13 by edward.benson:

Google, here is yet another tick along the wood block: are you a giant corporation or a
collection of geeks. If the 
former, ignore fmccab and be grouped with MS and every other conglomerate, if the
latter, change the name of 
this language to something new.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 14 by matthew.m.mckenzie:

google should change!
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 15 by senthil.nayagam:

maybe name it Goo or Foo
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 16 by mail2ankitgupta:

A company claiming to capture world's info, missed it!!!
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 17 by terence.stuart:

Let the language with the most users keep its name.  
Er... That's not yours, is it?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 18 by blair.briggs:

Go, find a new name. ;)
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 19 by josecamporro:

I agree with majority on this. Google should change the name of this language...
Francis McCab is right, Go! and Go are not that different. And he went first, public.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 20 by sebastian@realpath.org:

Google should consider a different name simply for the reason that "Go" is just a too
common word and it might eventually become difficult to google for references and
examples about this language. A somewhat more unique name can have its benefits.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 21 by Afro.Systems:

I think lango would be a great name and I am hereby to give away to google any
copyrights for the name.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 22 by ismetdere:

Goo, whould be just fine.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 23 by QrczakMK:

Goo is already taken too, although it has been dead for a few years I think.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 24 by zak.wilson:

Goo is the name of a Lisp dialect.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 25 by daniel.kolman:

Both Google and fmccabe should find a new name, "Go" is silly name for a programming 
language.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 26 by brett@webtrotter.com:

how about GOOP = Google Object Oriented Programming?
mccabe- personally, I agree with you, but while you may be first, and you may be
published, your issue title begs not to take you seriously regardless of your actual
stature.
I do hope this is resolved in your favor though.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 27 by jwb.public:

how about ogle?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 28 by srikumarks:

Given that is derives from Limbo, "Bo" would be short and sweet as well. They can also 
use "boroutines" :P
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 29 by ismetdere:

Goo is gone too? damn..  what about Goat?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 30 by killercore:

I'd go for JAgo: Just Another go
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 31 by jason.lee.quinn:

Goat Special Edition
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 32 by nikola.tepper:

It is completely absurd to use name of an already existing language. Hey Google, 
couldn't you, i don't know... google it? Oh right, the name is so generic, that is 
almost impossible to get relevant matches. If this language catches on, it'll be a 
nightmare to search for problems and solutions.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 33 by Linnsey:

There are so many hobby and specialist programming langues it's always a struggle to 
find a name that's not taken.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 34 by jsykari:

May I humbly suggest "go2"?
Even C++ got away with naming the language after an esoteric feature of C -- perhaps
naming a language after "goto" isn't that bad.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 35 by Linnsey:

There are so many hobby and specialist programming languages it'd be hard to find a 
name that's not taken.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 36 by arnabdotorg:

How about "Cy" (given the C and python influences)?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 37 by david.kitchen:

@33 Disturbing but funny... I can imagine the logo now: 3OE
@34 Look at the dates of these things, it would appear that go started around the
same time that the book was being written (but Go! already existed). I wouldn't be
surprised to learn that due diligence was done at the time but simply that since then
it just hadn't been revisited.
@36 http://xkcd.com/292/
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 38 by patla073:

Why not just name it Golang?
Erlang - "Ericsson Language"
Golang - "Google Language"
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 39 by drc.uvic:

Does anyone use 'Go!'? If yours is better, or has a decent user base then a name change
might be the right thing 
to do.  If you're bringing it up for academic pride then I don't see why they should
have to change anything.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 40 by abouthors:

Jago is already taken by a program to play the game of go.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 41 by dhammiko.com:

Yeah Linnsey is right, being creative and innovative is hard screw all that!
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 42 by charles.majola:

This is issue #9...... Plan 9..... 
Coincidence?
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 43 by tuxthelinuxdood:

It is obvious that Google employees did not research the name in terms of existing 
languages before release. In such a situation I believe Google is at fault and the name 
should be changed. I doubt it will happen but it to change it would be in line with "do 
no evil".
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 44 by GeoffreyJ.Lee:

How about "Google Go"?
Go2 is pretty clever though, so my vote is on that.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 45 by roblesjm:

Google always releases new products with the prefix "Google". In this case, I don't 
know if Google want release a new product or make an Alliance like Android. 
In the first case, I would use "GoogleC". For the second, something like "GCP" from 
(Google C Python).
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 46 by ismetdere:

Goat it is... there, settled.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 47 by Peter.Schweizer:

i'd suggest "giggity giggity goo" as new name since quagmire is a very funny guy
btw. hi reddit :)
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 48 by ruivaldo:

"Do" ? Makes sense, check the purpose of the lang.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 49 by ismetdere:

Goat it is... there, settled.
gopherbot commented 14 years ago

Comment 50 by gkarag:

How about OG?