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Dart is also Google sponsored and no one uses it despite the fact that it's actually a pretty great general purpose language. People use go because it's product

by coltonv 11y ago

Dart is also Google sponsored and no one uses it despite the fact that it's actually a pretty great general purpose language. People use go because it's productive and had a PHENOMENAL standard library for networking.

pjmlp 11y ago
Given that .NET and Java already had a PHENOMENAL standard library for networking by the time Go came out, I really bet in the Google bias.
- narrowrail 11y ago
  Your theory fails to account for the lack of success with respect to Dart; so, it seems more like something you have an urge to believe (despite a lack of evidence).
  - pjmlp 11y ago
    Dart has been abandoned by Google the day that Angular team has chosen Typescript instead of believing in Dart, thus sending to the world the message that the company doesn't believe in it. Whereas there are a few production examples of Go at Google.
    - narrowrail 11y ago
      My understanding is that Dart is used by Google Fiber for their routers, so I wouldn't call that abandoned yet. But, the point is that Google supporting a language does not seem to imply its eventual success.
    - spankalee 10y ago
      That's some odd reasoning. The Angular team does not decide which languages are invested in by Google.
      - pjmlp 10y ago
        No, but Google decides what their employees are allowed to use. In this case a company team was allowed to use a competing language instead of the one designed in-house for the same purpose.
waimbes 11y ago
> Dart is also Google sponsored and no one uses it despite the fact that it's actually a pretty great general purpose language. Citing an example that had support from Google and failed does not refute the claim that Go would have failed if not for Google's support.
- myg204 11y ago
  It clarifies the fact that Go is successful for more reasons than just being pushed by Google. So it focuses the question to "what is it that people like about it". And then we can have a better conversation.

by coltonv 11y ago

pjmlp 11y ago

Given that .NET and Java already had a PHENOMENAL standard library for networking by the time Go came out, I really bet in the Google bias.

narrowrail 11y ago
Your theory fails to account for the lack of success with respect to Dart; so, it seems more like something you have an urge to believe (despite a lack of evidence).
- pjmlp 11y ago
  Dart has been abandoned by Google the day that Angular team has chosen Typescript instead of believing in Dart, thus sending to the world the message that the company doesn't believe in it. Whereas there are a few production examples of Go at Google.
  - narrowrail 11y ago
    My understanding is that Dart is used by Google Fiber for their routers, so I wouldn't call that abandoned yet. But, the point is that Google supporting a language does not seem to imply its eventual success.
  - spankalee 10y ago
    That's some odd reasoning. The Angular team does not decide which languages are invested in by Google.
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      No, but Google decides what their employees are allowed to use. In this case a company team was allowed to use a competing language instead of the one designed in-house for the same purpose.

waimbes 11y ago

> Dart is also Google sponsored and no one uses it despite the fact that it's actually a pretty great general purpose language. Citing an example that had support from Google and failed does not refute the claim that Go would have failed if not for Google's support.

myg204 11y ago
It clarifies the fact that Go is successful for more reasons than just being pushed by Google. So it focuses the question to "what is it that people like about it". And then we can have a better conversation.