> On Aug 5, 2020, at 5:16 AM, Amarjeet Anand <amarjeetanandsi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > How come the first git commit for Go was in 1972? > > Anybody want to share the story behind the first 4 commits of Go project by > Brian Kernighan? > > > https://github.com/golang/go/commits/master?after=188b2ac839f828254678d0f05a3ea953dc5d0621+4764&branch=master
I had not noticed these, but they are brilliant. Note the history in the commit logs as well (which look like somewhat like SCCS delta messages to me). A small glossary, and you can piece the rest together yourself: ken = Ken Thompson, co-originator of Unix and Go dmr = Dennis Ritchie (RIP), co-originator of Unix and C Go has a distinct lineage from the Bell Labs folks that gave us C and Unix and Plan9, so these are a lovely homage to Go's ancestors. - Dave -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4ACDD9F1-5950-4DB9-8B52-2789A7C35A3E%40gmail.com.
