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I was expecting a book on learning Go, the game. I was disappointed.

I hate it when people name new things with a name that obviously conflicts with something else that's likely to be known and discussed in the same community.

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I think someone said this the last time someone posted something about the Go language. Considering that we talk about the Go language here a lot more than the game, it shouldn't be a surprise.

I'm gonna tag this message so I can point it out the next time someone expresses their disappointment. Not so easy to search for the word go. :-)

TAGS: golang, disappointment, go, melling

I liked An Introduction to Go (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-introduction-to-go-james-...) and The Second Book of Go (http://www.amazon.com/Second-Book-Beginner-Elementary-Books/...)

I get a chuckle out of Google's final status regarding the naming conflict with Francis McCabe's Go!: http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=9

Summary: Go!, $!?@ yourself.

Good book for learning Go, the game: http://www.amazon.com/Go-Beginners-Kaoru-Iwamoto/dp/03947333...

My favorite book for learning Go (the game)...

http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Play-Go-Masters-Ultimate/dp/1453...

I hate when people name things common names/words like "Go". "Dart" is also bad.

Then Java, Chrome, Ruby, Rails, Bash, Curl, Python, Apache, Lynx, Scheme, Unity and dozens of other project names must infuriate you :).

Mostly it's an annoyance at trying to find relevant web pages on the topic. In that regard the more prolific the software the more it can get away with a common word as a name.

"Go" is the worst of the bunch by far. "Dart" is pretty bad, "Java", "Chrome" and "Python" would be just as bad but they have swarmed the search results so much that it doesn't bug me.

I find that using the search terms "go language" (without the quotes) works a lot better--at least for any conflationary n-gram based search engine, like Google. Just think of it as a type annotation :)

No to mention "C", the worst of all.

Or Apple.

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