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Google Go started in 1972

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Post by vinutheraj » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 3:21 PM UTC

Google Go started in 1972
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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:12 PM UTC

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:13 PM UTC

I know Google likes long betas, but this is ridiculous.

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:24 PM UTC

http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4e9a5b0955321f15...

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Post by cubtastic71 » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:26 PM UTC

Was it called 'go' back then? Or did they just search their archived servers to find anything dated so long ago no one could argue with them?

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Post by wozer » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:38 PM UTC

Looks like Go is forked from B?.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:43 PM UTC

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Post by edu » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:44 PM UTC

hahaha, B -> C -> ANSI C -> GO Spec :)

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Post by khafra » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:45 PM UTC

cubtastic71 wrote: post #5

Was it called 'go' back then? Or did they just search their archived servers to find anything dated so long ago no one could argue with them?

Hint: Look at the name that checked in the 1972, 1974, and 1988 entries.

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Post by akamaka » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:48 PM UTC

Can someone explain to me what I'm looking at? I don't get what this is, or it's significance? It is a joke of some kind?

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