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I think its time we stopped with that madness.

Not that I disagree, just saying that the creator of Go! doesn't seem to have a very promising case on his hands.

Except that ! is silent, unlike ++ and #.

Go-bang? (and in this case the question mark is silent)

Is that like Go‽

In which case McCabe may find himself in trouble with Shriekback.

Go Bang works

Is that like "go forth and procreate", to use another euphemism.

The name "forth" is already in use for a programming language.

...and this will GO ON forever, you know.

You could read Go! as "go not" :)

Except that both C# and C++ are related to C. If Go! and Go are related languages, then the similarity in names is helpful. When the languages are dissimilar, the similarity of names is confusing.

This, I think, is ultimately the point of trademarks. It entirely about "property," it's also about clarity.

> Except that both C# and C++ are related to C.

That is a very questionable claim.

Well, C++ is at least. C# was just trying to piggyback on the success of C languages.