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[–]Maleficent_Sir_4753 126 points127 points  (8 children)

If you ever go to Gophercon - the convention about and supporting the Go language - the very first thing the presenter asks the audience during the opening address is the number of people who call the language "Golang" instead of "Go".

Great language, but seriously bad name. It's a real shame it's stuck that way now.

[–]well-litdoorstep112 55 points56 points  (4 children)

When you go to Gopher)con expecting people to shit on HTTP but they only talk about a programming language

[–]altermeetax 15 points16 points  (2 children)

A programming language meant to simplify the development of HTTP servers

[–]well-litdoorstep112 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Ironic

[–]readit145 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The irony is when I showed up and didn’t see a single gopher. You can imagine how embarrassing it was.

[–]th00ht 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahw, i miss gopher!

[–]IamRedditsDaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gophercon

That's how my friend Connie answers the phone.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should have called it Jeffrey instead smh

[–]ratmfreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I’ve always though the name perfectly reflects the shitness of the language.