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Re:Go's New Brand by ben509 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:35PM (#16936583)
> ... that stupid gopher and the way it was everywhere was a serious put off for me on giving Go a look. Nerdy AF.

Go is a programming language whose dominant demographic is nerds.

> ... can you imagine for a second that gopher on anything Apple?

Apple is a consumer oriented tech firm whose niche is high end goods.

> Reading the comments here makes it clear why most programmers should stay away from design.

You don't say.

Re:Go's New Brand by mortdeus on Thursday April 26, 2018 @07:01PM (#16936766)
apple likes their own nerdy mascots. Note the devil horns are a shout out to the freebsd demon. People don't bitch about the python!

http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/_english/bs-d...

Re:Go's New Brand by __david__ on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:22AM (#16941434)
And don't forget Clarus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow
Re:Go's New Brand by hashbig on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:40PM (#16938304)
> Go is a programming language whose dominant demographic is nerds.

Hence why we need a new logo to attract developers from other demographics. A good language without a diverse and wide set of users is worthless.