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I'm somewhat disappointed this has nothing to do with Gopher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protoco

I'm somewhat disappointed this has nothing to do with Gopher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29

mdcox 11y ago
Do you mind me asking why? I was going to implement the protocol as an intro rust project, but Wikipedia and others called it obsolete so I ended up falling back onto the familiar IRC bot. My interest is still piqued however...
- cbd1984 11y ago
  Historical interest, mainly. Gopher is still used, but not by any large number of people; however, it occupies an interesting place in the history of the Internet as the main implementation of the idea of hypertext before the Web caught on.
jamestomasino 11y ago
I came here to say the same thing. I'd love some fresh effort spent on the protocol.
- bdg 11y ago
  You may find a post I wrote entertaining. It talked a bit about 'taking back protocols' a few years ago. Sorry for any broken links, I abandoned blogging due to toxic commenters. http://cowbelljs.blogspot.ca/2011/12/lost-art-of-telnet.html?m=1 http://cowbelljs.blogspot.ca/2011/12/lost-art-of-telnet.html...
  - jamestomasino 11y ago
    You reminded me with your talk of MUDs of the growing IF (interactive fiction) movement. It's not multi-user, but it has a lot of the feel of those old text adventures. If that's interesting to you, I'd recommend trying out Blue Lacuna - http://blue-lacuna.textories.com/ http://blue-lacuna.textories.com/
emmanueloga_ 11y ago
I'm not disappointed but I agree the name is misleading / poorly chosen.
- fnordsensei 11y ago
  "Go" wasn't a particularly bright name to begin with, when it comes to googleability.
- userbinator 11y ago
  Perhaps GoJS or Go.js would be a better choice?
- deleted 11y ago
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M8 11y ago
They are just a bit confused with naming there at Google: Go, Gopher, Golang etc.
- simi_ 11y ago
  Go is the language name, golang is the search-friendly alt, and "gophers" are the users of the language. Your apparent distaste for Google doesn't justify your mean attempts at humour.
  - ChikkaChiChi 11y ago
    Java and Javascript walked into a bar...
amyjess 11y ago
Same. I clicked hoping it was a Gopher client or server written in JS. I am disappoint.

I'm somewhat disappointed this has nothing to do with Gopher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29

mdcox 11y ago

Do you mind me asking why? I was going to implement the protocol as an intro rust project, but Wikipedia and others called it obsolete so I ended up falling back onto the familiar IRC bot. My interest is still piqued however...

cbd1984 11y ago
Historical interest, mainly. Gopher is still used, but not by any large number of people; however, it occupies an interesting place in the history of the Internet as the main implementation of the idea of hypertext before the Web caught on.

jamestomasino 11y ago

I came here to say the same thing. I'd love some fresh effort spent on the protocol.

bdg 11y ago
You may find a post I wrote entertaining. It talked a bit about 'taking back protocols' a few years ago. Sorry for any broken links, I abandoned blogging due to toxic commenters. http://cowbelljs.blogspot.ca/2011/12/lost-art-of-telnet.html?m=1 http://cowbelljs.blogspot.ca/2011/12/lost-art-of-telnet.html...
- jamestomasino 11y ago
  You reminded me with your talk of MUDs of the growing IF (interactive fiction) movement. It's not multi-user, but it has a lot of the feel of those old text adventures. If that's interesting to you, I'd recommend trying out Blue Lacuna - http://blue-lacuna.textories.com/ http://blue-lacuna.textories.com/

emmanueloga_ 11y ago

I'm not disappointed but I agree the name is misleading / poorly chosen.

fnordsensei 11y ago
"Go" wasn't a particularly bright name to begin with, when it comes to googleability.
userbinator 11y ago
Perhaps GoJS or Go.js would be a better choice?
deleted 11y ago
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M8 11y ago

They are just a bit confused with naming there at Google: Go, Gopher, Golang etc.

simi_ 11y ago
Go is the language name, golang is the search-friendly alt, and "gophers" are the users of the language. Your apparent distaste for Google doesn't justify your mean attempts at humour.
- ChikkaChiChi 11y ago
  Java and Javascript walked into a bar...

amyjess 11y ago

Same. I clicked hoping it was a Gopher client or server written in JS. I am disappoint.