Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by rco8786 on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:58AM
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Why does it seem like Go programmers need to include "in Go" on the tail end of product announcements?
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Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by f2f on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:10AM
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because it targets a specific audience. people not interested in editors may look it up because they're interested in Go, and vice versa.
editors written in Rust also announce it proudly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8734307, so do many other projects.
Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by AYBABTME on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @12:13PM
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"in language X" tells me, "I'm comfortable hacking in language X, I'm happy with the idea of using a product written in something I can hack". A pretty good reason, I think.
Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by exadeci on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:36PM
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Go is hype and people think that because it's done by google it's cool meanwhile people at Google are using more and more Rust they even made their own editor with it:
Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by mi100hael on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:01AM
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There's also already a reasonably-popular Go project called "Micro," though honestly both projects could have picked better names.
Re:Micro v1.0 – a terminal-based text editor written in Go
by zyedidia on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @12:25PM
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Yes it's unfortunate that there is already a popular Go project called "micro." The name here is a play on "nano" editor and I had already started the project by the time I saw https://github.com/micro. Oh well, I still like the name.