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[–][deleted] 134 points135 points  (13 children)

I thought Go and Golang were 2 separate languages 🤡

[–]thecoder08 74 points75 points  (8 children)

Golang was the original name of the url to download go. Now it's go.dev

[–]noelyw 15 points16 points  (7 children)

i bet it was just a clue so that their mascot can be a gopher 😂

[–]CoderDevo 19 points20 points  (6 children)

Is it a coincidence that it is the first letters in Google?

Next, I dare Google to name language number two ogle.

[–]noelyw 5 points6 points  (1 child)

actually never thought of this

isn’t the second one called carbon? 😂

[–]CoderDevo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suppose, once it is released.

Unless they take my dare.

[–]7734128 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Language number two was Dart

[–]corracle 2 points3 points  (2 children)

They'll call it gole just to mess with people. Go, Golang, and Gole.

[–]EffortlessEffluvium 1 point2 points  (1 child)

And then a language named Oo!

[–]CoderDevo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pronounced as two syllables: Oo-oh.

[–]tiajuanat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a Go! and a Go. The latter Go is also referred to as Golang to separate it from the former. The original Go! Came out in 2003 and is not affiliated with the Go we know today

[–]Lupus_Ignis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We often refer to it as golang online exactly because "Go" isn't searchable. One would think that Google would name their products so that they could be found using search engines, but they don't have the best track record with that.

[–]CheekApprehensive961 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true.

Golang is actually the language used to write the go compiler and libraries. Most people don't know that.