Google Go started in 1972 • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by tvon » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:06 PM UTC

sant0sk1 wrote: post #30

tvon wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this relates to the "Go" vs "Go!" situation, I think it's just meant to represent the evolution of Google Go as a language.

That's interesting, I thought it was a direct (joke) response to the "Go" vs "Go!" situation. The "Go!" author stated that his language came first and then we find these conveniently aged commits the following day. Either way, it's nice to see Google not taking itself too seriously.

I could be completely wrong of course, and the timing is convenient. I guess it depends on when these changes were pushed in, but then it's hard to tell when a possibly fake timestamp was made...

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#32

Post by tedunangst » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:06 PM UTC

sant0sk1 wrote: post #30

tvon wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think this relates to the "Go" vs "Go!" situation, I think it's just meant to represent the evolution of Google Go as a language.

That's interesting, I thought it was a direct (joke) response to the "Go" vs "Go!" situation. The "Go!" author stated that his language came first and then we find these conveniently aged commits the following day. Either way, it's nice to see Google not taking itself too seriously.

Finding a commit on one day doesn't mean the commit happened on that day.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#33

Post by coderdude » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:12 PM UTC

Meta comment: What is with all the smiley faces in these comments? 6 in 24 comments. Either people here get weirdly giddy over Google or the userbase is now mostly in their teens.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#34

Post by vinutheraj » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:19 PM UTC

coderdude wrote: post #33

Meta comment: What is with all the smiley faces in these comments? 6 in 24 comments. Either people here get weirdly giddy over Google or the userbase is now mostly in their teens.

There was a discussion on using emoticons even in serious communication, yesterday I think.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=933585

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#35

Post by sp332 » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:31 PM UTC

khafra wrote: post #9

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.

And the email addresses, "Brian Kernighan ". Remembering to use bang paths shows how much thought was put into this prank, very cool.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#36

Post by coderdude » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 7:54 PM UTC

vinutheraj wrote: post #34

coderdude wrote: post #33

Meta comment: What is with all the smiley faces in these comments? 6 in 24 comments. Either people here get weirdly giddy over Google or the userbase is now mostly in their teens.

There was a discussion on using emoticons even in serious communication, yesterday I think. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=933585

Excuse my brash language, but a circle jerk is hardly serious communication, is it?

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by vinutheraj » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #35

khafra wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

And the email addresses, "Brian Kernighan ". Remembering to use bang paths shows how much thought was put into this prank, very cool.

I hope you also noticed the R=ken(Ken Thompson) and R=dmr(Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie) in the commit log messages :)

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#38

Post by jerf » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 9:00 PM UTC

tvon wrote: post #31

sant0sk1 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's interesting, I thought it was a direct (joke) response to the "Go" vs "Go!" situation. The "Go!" author stated that his language came first and then we find these conveniently aged commits the following day. Either way, it's nice to see Google not taking itself too seriously.

I could be completely wrong of course, and the timing is convenient. I guess it depends on when these changes were pushed in, but then it's hard to tell when a possibly fake timestamp was made...

Possibly fake?

Re: Google Go started in 1972

#39

Post by cakeface » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 9:27 PM UTC

thwarted wrote: post #27

uriel wrote: post #23

Lets hope this shuts up all the annoying people that got nothing better to do than to whine about a similar name having been used by another language, now it is clear who was first ;)

Yeah, and Mozilla should re-rename Firefox to Firebird.

Don't you mean Phoenix?

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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Post by bmm6o » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 9:44 PM UTC

chmike wrote: post #22

jgrahamc wrote: post #18

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

Unless the dispute resolution is on good tracks to be solved, I don't find it funny because Google has the weight to squash anyone on its way, even unintentionally. Go was a good name for a language invented at google but it is unfortunately not available. The name 'lango' suggested in a comment was, in my opinion, a brilliant alternative name proposal. And the most funny alternative name proposal was 'go2'.

The whole kerfuffle about the name being taken and everyone firing off their suggestions for a new one is the greatest example of bikeshedding I have ever seen.