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		SemiNormal on July 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tenus – Golang Powered Linux Networking Why not G++?

kej on July 30, 2014 [–]

Because g++ is already a programming-related term, and has been since sometime in the 80s. (It's the C++ compiler from the Gnu Compiler Collection)

SemiNormal on July 30, 2014 | [–]

Didn't stop them from using "Go", which was already a programming language.

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