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Google Go started in 1972

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Re: Google Go started in 1972

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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?

Yeah, that really didn't need to be added...

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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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.

A good portion of communication in most animals is done visually. These visual cues do not transfer very well to text (okay, they don't transfer at all). The emoticon can be used to help. For instance:

     You're an idiot.
Does not mean the same thing as:

     You're an idiot :)
This is why emoticons are an important part of comments. They make them flow more like a conversation.

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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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.

"kerfluffle"

Awesome. If "Issue9" doesn't take off, I suggest we call it "Kerfluffle". And if that doesn't fly, how about "BikeShed"? :)

Re: Google Go started in 1972

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That's hilarious. I don't quite get the dates for ANSI C, though. The draft date looks correct, but Wikipedia has it being ratified in 1989.

Incidentally, here's a great thread that just shows the more things change the more they stay the same (from 1988): http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thr...

Quotes:

"This process could go on forever, but there is a strong desire to adopt a "good enough" standard in a timely fashion rather than working toward a "perfect" standard that is too late to matter. Many of us feel that the current draft is "good enough""

"C is rapidly catching up with Pascal as the second most well known language but it has a long way to go before it becomes as well know (and perhaps as useful)as BASIC"

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