"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming language"

Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by Tichy on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @06:11AM (#935059)

One is called Go, the other Go!. I don't see the problem (C, C++, C#...) - it is common for programing languages to just differ by one letter in their name.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by rnicholson on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @07:24AM (#935124)

I think its time we stopped with that madness.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by Tichy on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @07:49AM (#935144)

Not that I disagree, just saying that the creator of Go! doesn't seem to have a very promising case on his hands.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by martingordon on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @06:26AM (#935075)

Except that ! is silent, unlike ++ and #.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by twinwing on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @06:53AM (#935098)

Go Bang works

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:21AM (#935175)

Is that like "go forth and procreate", to use another euphemism.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by gaius on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @09:17AM (#935271)

The name "forth" is already in use for a programming language.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by jister on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @09:46AM (#935319)

...and this will GO ON forever, you know.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by tsestrich on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:23AM (#935179)

You could read Go! as "go not" :)

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by joubert on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @06:53AM (#935097)

Go-bang? (and in this case the question mark is silent)

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by santry on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:28AM (#935189)

Is that like Go‽

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by mattchew on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @09:18AM (#935273)

In which case McCabe may find himself in trouble with Shriekback.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by raganwald on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:36AM (#935201)

Except that both C# and C++ are related to C. If Go! and Go are related languages, then the similarity in names is helpful. When the languages are dissimilar, the similarity of names is confusing.

This, I think, is ultimately the point of trademarks. It entirely about "property," it's also about clarity.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by uriel on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:52AM (#935227)

> Except that both C# and C++ are related to C.

That is a very questionable claim.

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Re:"I have already used the name Go for *MY* programming lan... by cookiecaper on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @10:35AM (#935405)

Well, C++ is at least. C# was just trying to piggyback on the success of C languages.

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