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> The Go GC is constantly improving, and its performance in Go 1.6 and 1.7 is considered very good my most users. Also true of Ruby or PHP. Which perform abysm
by madgar 10y ago
> The Go GC is constantly improving, and its performance in Go 1.6 and 1.7 is considered very good my most users.
Also true of Ruby or PHP. Which perform abysmally.
"Most users" needs aren't what we look for to define technical excellence - if anything, I most often see "most users" used to guide the compromising of technical standards.
- enneff 10y agoBut Go doesn't perform abysmally. The 1.5 GC is technically excellent (ask an expert). Go does target "most users". That's the demographic. There will always be edge cases for which the general design does not work.