Google Go started in 1972 • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:48 PM UTC

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Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by kylec » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 4:58 PM UTC

Where did the early commits come from? What revision control systems existed back in 1972?

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by tel » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:03 PM UTC

99.9% of it coming after 2008.

Actually, this is a good idea. I'm going to go name-squat repositories on every other hard-to-search programming language name I can think of.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by theli0nheart » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:07 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #12

Where did the early commits come from? What revision control systems existed back in 1972?

I would venture to say none. UNIX was completed in 1969, and C itself didn't exist until 1972.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by stilist » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:10 PM UTC

akamaka wrote: post #10

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?

Presumably a lighthearted response to the Go! creator.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by triode » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:15 PM UTC

theli0nheart wrote: post #14

kylec wrote: post #12

Where did the early commits come from? What revision control systems existed back in 1972?

I would venture to say none. UNIX was completed in 1969, and C itself didn't exist until 1972.

There weren't revision control systems as such, but there were a few operating systems which featured versioned filesystems, e.g. ITS and TENEX/TOPS-20.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by krog » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:17 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #12

Where did the early commits come from? What revision control systems existed back in 1972?

No version control systems as such, but there were a few operating systems with versioned file systems back in the late 60's, e.g. ITS and TENEX/TOPS-20.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by jgrahamc » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:20 PM UTC

The whole point of those early commits is that it's a joke! Just go read them. They are basically laying out the simple Hello, World! program and showing its evolution over time.

1972: Hello, World! is written in B 1974: Hello, World! is re-written for the new C language 1988: Hello, World! is written in ANSI C (two commits, go read them to see the diff) 2008: Go

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by DrJokepu » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:21 PM UTC

theli0nheart wrote: post #14

kylec wrote: post #12

Where did the early commits come from? What revision control systems existed back in 1972?

I would venture to say none. UNIX was completed in 1969, and C itself didn't exist until 1972.

SCCS (Source Code Control System) was developed at Bell Labs in 1972.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by pohl » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 5:26 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #11

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We probably shouldn't take the headline at face value. What we're seeing are some playfully hacked initial fictitious commits ostensibly from Brian Kernighan intended to paint a picture of the spiritual lineage that the creators of go want to acknowledge.

(And, in my opinion, if there's anybody allowed to invoke the name of Brian Kernighan in this way, it would be Rob Pike and Ken Thompson).