Go! (programming language): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:31, 24 April 2012

Revision as of 02:46, 19 May 2012

Line 25:

'''Go!''' is an [[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"/>

In November 2009, [[Google]] released a similarly- named [[Go (programming language)|Go programming language]] (with no [[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 attention among technology news websites, with some of them characterizing Go! as "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>

== Design ==