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by Jeremysr 6057 days ago
not quite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goo_(programming_language)
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Manfred 6057 days ago
They can just keep adding O's until they have something unique (;
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Gupie 6057 days ago
Nice name for a language, I also like their home page http://people.csail.mit.edu/jrb/goo/
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mahmud 6057 days ago
It's a very beautiful Lisp dialect. Study it.
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Gupie 6057 days ago
I would be more likely to study a language that has a sensible name, has a web site that doesn't hurt your eyes and has a manual that isn't "One of the worst manuals I've ever seen in my life", http://c2.com/cgi/wiki$?GooLanguage.
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mahmud 6057 days ago
It's not worse than Arc in that regard. Goo broke a lot of conventions, yes, but if you know your way around Dylan, Self, and Scheme, you will get Goo fairly easily.
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