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by mannschott 1052 days ago
I've always suspected that 'Reader' and 'Writer' were names borrowed from Oberon since that's one of the influences that contributed to early Go design:

https://github.com/Project-Oberon/Source-Code/blob/cf7f6a6cd...

Please enjoy this microdose of historical trivia even though it doesn't answer the question of why those names were chosen (when designing Oberon).