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by thwg 617 days ago
I'm confused. Why do you name it “go”-something when it is not implemented in Go... I have a more catchy name for you, Rub, which stands for route to unlimited browsing.
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"GOSUB" is the syntax used to call subroutines (functions) in BASIC:

http://retro-basic.com/manual/GOSUB.html

Thanks for the pointer. And it makes it doubly confusing. Doesn't a reference to an obsolete, pre-modern language tarnish the reputation of Rust? Doesn't the creator of this project fear lawsuits from the legal team at The Basic Foundation?
1. No, unless you actively disable your brain's pleasure center

2. No, because GOSUB (the Basic keyword) is not a trademarked term owned by The Basic Foundation

> unless you actively disable your brain's pleasure center

Wait, you can toggle that thing on and off? I knew I've been doing something wrong!

Oh no! Don't tarnish the rust!
> obsolete, pre-modern language

but enough about Visual Basic (which still has gosub)

Then they'd have to use Ruby
There is always room for the go version as GoSub-go /s