<s>
Go	B-Language
!	I-Language
</s>
<s>
is	O
an	O
agent-based	O
programming	O
language	O
in	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
logic-based	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	O
like	O
Prolog	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
of	O
Go	B-Language
!	I-Language
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
multi-threaded	B-Operating_System
,	O
strongly	O
typed	O
and	O
higher	B-Language
order	I-Language
(	O
in	O
the	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
sense	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Threads	B-Operating_System
execute	O
action	O
procedures	O
,	O
calling	O
functions	O
and	O
querying	O
relations	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Threads	B-Operating_System
in	O
different	O
agents	O
communicate	O
and	O
coordinate	O
using	O
asynchronous	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Threads	B-Operating_System
within	O
the	O
same	O
agent	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
shared	O
dynamic	O
relations	O
acting	O
as	O
Linda-style	O
tuple	O
stores.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
also	O
propose	O
that	O
the	O
language	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
representing	O
ontologies	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
integration	O
of	O
logic	B-Language
,	O
functional	B-Language
and	O
imperative	B-Application
styles	O
of	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
example	O
illustrates	O
the	O
"	O
ontology-oriented	O
"	O
type	O
and	O
declarations	O
style	O
of	O
Go	B-Language
!	I-Language
</s>
<s>
It	O
documents	O
that	O
age	O
is	O
a	O
functional	B-Language
property	O
with	O
an	O
integer	O
value	O
,	O
that	O
lives	O
is	O
a	O
unary	O
relation	O
over	O
strings	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
dayOfBirth	O
is	O
a	O
functional	B-Language
property	O
with	O
a	O
value	O
that	O
is	O
an	O
object	O
of	O
type	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
a	O
similarly	O
named	O
Go	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
(	O
with	O
no	O
exclamation	O
point	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McCabe	O
asked	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
change	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
their	O
language	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
concerned	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
steam-rolling	O
over	O
us	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
received	O
attention	O
among	O
technology	O
news	O
websites	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
them	O
characterizing	O
Go	B-Language
!	I-Language
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
thread	B-Operating_System
opened	O
on	O
the	O
subject	O
was	O
closed	O
by	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
developer	O
on	O
12	O
October	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
custom	O
status	O
"	O
Unfortunate	O
"	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
comment	O
:	O
"	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
computing	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
named	O
Go	O
.	O
</s>
