Expected to see an article about the development of modern Go the board game the...

dang · on June 9, 2017

Ok, have a 'lang'.

sagichmal · on June 10, 2017

Not cool. That's not the name of the language or the article. Please change it back.

dang · on June 10, 2017

It's common enough to have become a convention, especially where ambiguity is an issue, like in HN titles.

0x264 · on June 9, 2017

Me too :(

vorg · on June 9, 2017

Perhaps blog posters on the Go language need to refer to it as Golang in titles, etc.

iends · on June 10, 2017

Why? The name of the language is "Go" and not "Golang". "Golang" is a search engine hack.

SwellJoe · on June 10, 2017

Clarity has value. "Golang" in the title provides more information to the reader at no cost.

Why not use "Golang"?

vorg · on June 10, 2017

> "Golang" is a search engine hack

Although "Go" is the name of the language, "Golang" can also be a submission title hack so as not to confuse those who "Expected to see an article about the development of modern Go the board game theory".