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From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
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Subject: Re: a new language, designed for safety !
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On 06/05/2014 08:33 AM, Adam Beneschan wrote:
>
> OK, I don't know where the name really came from (it's probably an acronym
> for Google Obnoxiousness).  Anyway, it's not the name of a language that
> determines how popular a language becomes.  It's whether the language's
> inventor has a good beard.

I guess any language I invent will be popular, then.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"If you think you got a nasty taunting this time,
you ain't heard nothing yet!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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