+1 on the name.

I read an article on branding once that said if consumers can mess up your 
name, they will, so be aware of that when you pick a name. The East Bay 
Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is universally known in the SF Bay Area as 
"East Bay Mud."

Goo, with its nod to "++", Google and "object oriented" would have been a great 
name, had they had a sense of humor.

G would be good, with its homage to C and its predecessor B. 

Charles


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
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Subject: Re: Developers say Google's Go is 'most sought after' programming 
language of 2020

I actually love HLASM, PL/I, and older versions of C++.  C++ was a leader
in OO programming, but imho, it's gotten so stupefyingly complicated that
it's may not be humanly possible to write decent programs with it.  Go
sounds like a pretty good reset, but at this point, I only know what I've
read about it.

It's name however, is horrible. Goo, Goog, or even G would have obviated
much ambiguity.  As it is, they may be stuck with Golang being the common
name.

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