Go! (programming language): Difference between revisions

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'''Go!''' is an obscure<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/news/google-didnt-google-go-before-naming-their-programming-language-20091113/|title=Google didn’t google “Go” before naming their programming language|last=Brownlee|first=John|date=2009-11-13|publisher=Geek.com|accessdate=2010-01-18}}</ref> [[Agent-based model|agent-based]] programming language in the tradition of [[Logic programming|logic-based programming]] languages like [[Prolog]].<ref name="infowk">{{cite web|last=Claburn |first=Thomas |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/web_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601351 |title=Google 'Go' Name Brings Accusations Of 'Evil' |publisher=InformationWeek |date=2009-11-11 |accessdate=2009-11-14}}</ref> It was introduced in a 2003 paper by Francis McCabe and [[Keith Clark]].<ref name="aamas"/>

Upon the November 2009 release of Google's [[Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] (note lack of [[exclamation point]]), McCabe asked Google to change the name of their language and accused the company of "steam-rolling over us".<ref name="infowk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9 |title=Issue 9 - go - I have already used the name for *MY* programming language |publisher=code.google.com |date=2009-11-10 |accessdate=2009-11-14}}</ref>. The issue received a lot of attention among technology blogs and sites, with some of them referring to Go! as an "obscure" language. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/news/google-didnt-google-go-before-naming-their-programming-language-20091113/|title=Google didn’t google “Go” before naming their programming language|last=Brownlee|first=John|date=2009-11-13|publisher=Geek.com|accessdate=2010-01-18}}</ref>

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