Maybe I'm old, but I immediately assumed this was an OS built around the Gopher-protocol[1], whatever that would mean in practice.
Gopher is already an established name, so the naming seems a bit unfortunate.
Gopher is already an established name, so the naming seems a bit unfortunate.
println does indeed print if you're using a teletype. The fact that you're probably not using a teletype is simply a matter of preference on your part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_current_loop_interface
Teletype current loop ports were common on machines up to the 1970s, but by the 1980s had largely disappeared. The serial port card on the original IBM PC and the XT had 20mA current loop support, but it was very rarely used, so AT machines onward removed it. (MIDI is also a current loop, but MIDI uses 5mA rather than 20mA, plus the protocol is different.)
You should be able to connect a teletype to a modern computer by using two conversion devices, one USB-to-RS232 and the other RS232-to-20mA-current-loop. Then the teletype will appear to the computer as a (very dumb) serial terminal.
Just because something is no longer in common/widespread use, does not mean you can come along and use its meaning or name on your shiny new product.
Gopher the protocol maybe niche these days, but it's not dead. The continued use of the term 'Gopher-XYZ' by the Go language people will only accelerate the death of the Gopher protocol, which although inevitable it does not mean it should be erased from history by something else.
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We need more letters
I get that each time a "ML" link is posted here. Sadly it's almost never about the various successors of Miranda.
Why do you think it's inevitable, if not exactly because it is to be erased by something else?
Yet another instance of the programmer establishment thinking they know what's best for everyone...