Go's first commit

#1

Post by morecoffee » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 4:42 AM UTC

Re: Go's first commit

#2

Post by bigstumpy » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:26 AM UTC

I don't get it. According to the github history there was a hello world commit in 1972, conversion to C in 1974, conversion to ansi-c in 1988, then the next commit was the first go specification in 2008.

Git was written in 2005.

What did these hello world commits have to do with go? Why are they in the git history?

Re: Go's first commit

#3

Post by echelon » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:29 AM UTC

How is this so old? Was Go something that was brewing for a long time prior to its development and debut at Google? Also, Kernighan? Maybe I live under a rock, but I wasn't aware of his involvement.

Re: Go's first commit

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Post by dantaylor08 » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:31 AM UTC

Much more interesting (first language spec commit): https://github.com/golang/go/commit/18c5b488a3b2e218c0e0cf2a...

Re: Go's first commit

#5

Post by joaopms » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:31 AM UTC

bigstumpy wrote: post #2

I don't get it. According to the github history there was a hello world commit in 1972, conversion to C in 1974, conversion to ansi-c in 1988, then the next commit was the first go specification in 2008. Git was written in 2005. What did these hello world commits have to do with go? Why are they in the git history?

I guess they just edited the dates for fun.

Re: Go's first commit

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Post by christophersu » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:32 AM UTC

bigstumpy wrote: post #2

I don't get it. According to the github history there was a hello world commit in 1972, conversion to C in 1974, conversion to ansi-c in 1988, then the next commit was the first go specification in 2008. Git was written in 2005. What did these hello world commits have to do with go? Why are they in the git history?

> According to the github history there was a hello world commit in 1972

> Git was written in 2005.

Not sure about this specific case, but it isn't uncommon to migrate from another version control system (e.g. Subversion) to Git while maintaining the past history.

Re: Go's first commit

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Post by mcpherrinm » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:34 AM UTC

bigstumpy wrote: post #2

I don't get it. According to the github history there was a hello world commit in 1972, conversion to C in 1974, conversion to ansi-c in 1988, then the next commit was the first go specification in 2008. Git was written in 2005. What did these hello world commits have to do with go? Why are they in the git history?

This is the first "Hello World" program, written in 1972 by Brian Kernighan, in the "B" language.

I guess they decided to include a history of "Hello World" as the path to Go.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program#Hi...

Re: Go's first commit

#8

Post by dilap » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:37 AM UTC

dantaylor08 wrote: post #4

Much more interesting (first language spec commit): https://github.com/golang/go/commit/18c5b488a3b2e218c0e0cf2a...

I wonder why they got rid of this one

> - new methods can be added to a struct outside the package where the struct is declared (need to think through all implications)

Re: Go's first commit

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Post by f2f » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:45 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #3

How is this so old? Was Go something that was brewing for a long time prior to its development and debut at Google? Also, Kernighan? Maybe I live under a rock, but I wasn't aware of his involvement.

it's a joke.

Re: Go's first commit

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Post by burrows » Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 5:45 AM UTC

dantaylor08 wrote: post #4

Much more interesting (first language spec commit): https://github.com/golang/go/commit/18c5b488a3b2e218c0e0cf2a...

The first page of commits https://github.com/golang/go/commits/master?page=833