Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms

Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by marcingas on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:17AM (#48082939)

Naming is hard but I like let-go, it's a layered pun :)

(let [...] (go ...))

It lets you let in Go!

Clogo is a no-go for me. Maybe you have some other ideas? I'll consider good ones :)

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Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by dxdm on Sunday May 10, 2026 @03:35PM (#48087068)

FWIW I like let-go a lot as the name.

I'm relieved that clogo is not an option for you. It has some strong, malodorous campground toilet connotations to my foreign-language-trained ears. Loogo? Pottygo? Go number 2? Yikes to all of those.

And now, as bonus content, for something completely different: https://youtu.be/M3-51DhOzHE?

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Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by marcingas on Sunday May 10, 2026 @04:45PM (#48087804)

I laughed, audibly :D

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Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by lenkite on Sunday May 10, 2026 @06:17PM (#48088714)

Gojure is simplest. Just a bit close to Glojure which is already taken.

Goclo, Gophoj,Gorjure ..ok my tongue is paining now verbally trying out combos.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by marcingas on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:13PM (#48089543)

Actually, look what I just found https://github.com/tcard/gojure 12 years!

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Re:Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms by marcingas on Sunday May 10, 2026 @08:09PM (#48089520)

Changing name to Gojure now would only add to the confusion :D

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