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It was more expedient to start with the Plan 9 tool chain that we had at the time. Ken was already familiar with the code base, which was small and compiled qui
by enneff 10y ago
It was more expedient to start with the Plan 9 tool chain that we had at the time. Ken was already familiar with the code base, which was small and compiled quickly (a few seconds). Because of this we got a lot done quickly, knowing that we would eventually modernize the compiler.
- thomasahle 10y agoHow much is Ken involved in the language today?
- bradfitz 10y agoKen is not really involved in the project these days. His last commit was in 2011, before Go 1 was even released.
- nathany 10y ago(afaik) He retired around the Go 1.0 release, though he showed up as unixken on reddit during a Go Ask Me Anything. https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/46bd5h/ama_we_are_the_go_contributors_ask_us_anything/d03sbfu https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/46bd5h/ama_we_are_t...