Post 9xii5vQ05h64ulvXHs by qeef@en.osm.town
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(DIR) Post #9xh564085cxYAAwPw0 by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-01T23:35:11Z
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Google does not get credit for Go. Credit goes to a small number of language designers, whose backgrounds and prior experience came from outside Google, and a small number of obvious inspirations, also not of Google. If Google had not signed the check, Go still would have been made and would have been exactly the same.All of Go's flagship features: goroutines, channels, garbage collection, even GOPATH; are direct descendants of Plan 9 at Bell Labs.
(DIR) Post #9xh5KLiN1nCR9fRkGG by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-01T23:37:48Z
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The Go assembler is literally *copied and pasted* from Plan 9.
(DIR) Post #9xh5Xwuw1L96IkoBNo by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-01T23:37:59Z
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The Go assembler was literally *copied and pasted* from Plan 9.
(DIR) Post #9xh6F7vWxlFUtofxTM by anathem@toot.kif.rocks
2020-08-01T23:46:24Z
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@sir So, Go is a language from outer space, then?(I'll see myself out.)
(DIR) Post #9xh7g9AwWps2XpKhE0 by jaxter184@social.linux.pizza
2020-08-02T00:05:05Z
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@sir im disappointed that you dont consider the mascot to be a flagship feature
(DIR) Post #9xh7rXmbNZUG34NjwO by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-02T00:06:06Z
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@jaxter184 the mascot is also clearly derivative of Plan 9
(DIR) Post #9xh82mQjGH8Uf4Vc7E by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-02T00:06:38Z
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@jaxter184 meet Glenda, the Plan 9 mascot
(DIR) Post #9xh8euGAbDKxwtkYrY by amiloradovsky@functional.cafe
2020-08-02T00:14:45Z
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@sir you've just discredited Plan 9 in my eyes
(DIR) Post #9xh8n7rJvCUcRW2uw4 by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-08-02T00:15:45Z
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@amiloradovsky fwiw Go made these things worseAnd Plan 9 doesn't have a GC
(DIR) Post #9xhA5SmEzH3KUAyh3Q by jaxter184@social.linux.pizza
2020-08-02T00:32:04Z
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@sir sorry if it wasnt clear, but im familiar with glenda, i just consider the mascot a derivative feature worthy of being listed
(DIR) Post #9xhaidrYIoXwy9nxlg by jlhertel@mastodon.technology
2020-08-02T05:28:52Z
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@sirThat's very interesting information.It's common to see those companies being referenced as big innovators, but sometimes I think they are just doing sneaky moves and buying the correct companies and people.Sad that everyone sees Google as "the technology place".
(DIR) Post #9xhehksh7dvkGPAi8W by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2020-08-02T06:15:05Z
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@sir @amiloradovsky Inferno had a GC though.
(DIR) Post #9xhhm3t0hfwUEB44Ey by x_cli@infosec.exchange
2020-08-02T06:47:39Z
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@sir What Google did is bring these people together to make it and offer them the environment and the financial compensation to do it. You cannot expect a CEO to be able to be the source of innovation for all that their company produces. But it is fair to acknowledge that an employer decides to unite people over a project and finance it. Another company could have united these people toward the same goal. But Google did it first or better.
(DIR) Post #9xhyVjL91aB75m1SWu by federico3@mastodon.social
2020-08-02T09:55:33Z
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@sir the language is also extremely similar to ALGOL68 http://cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/I didn't know that the mascot is also an uglier rip-off.
(DIR) Post #9xii5vQ05h64ulvXHs by qeef@en.osm.town
2020-08-02T18:26:03Z
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@sir Even mascot looks similar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs