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by rz2k 4524 days ago
That's what I thought of, since two programming languages are even more alike.

Did it not turn out to be a legal issue because there was ultimately little commercial interest behind the Go![1] language?

Apple Computer had to pay Apple Corps, even though it seemed like the computer industry had little to do with the music industry at the time[2], so it is confusing how the conflict can be ignored until it goes away.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_%28programming_language%29

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v._Apple_Computer