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at this point i don't think Go needs any more fluffing. its niche is pretty well established and people should just get on with writing code that does what they

by f2f 10y ago

at this point i don't think Go needs any more fluffing. its niche is pretty well established and people should just get on with writing code that does what they need. go is asymptotically approaching boring and that's one of the goals of its creators. let other new programming language stars shine: i'd like to see the niche rust settles in for example, and that needs code.

nine_k 10y ago
Let's note that Go approaches boring from below; it gives rise to much copy-paste programming and some clever code generation. It's very easy to pick up, though, especially if you played with Turbo Pascal as a child.
kjksf 10y ago
I think this page (and other like this, e.g. https://quicknotes.io/n/1XB0 https://quicknotes.io/n/1XB0) show that Go is no longer a "niche" language, unless you consider python and ruby a niche language. Go is a general purpose language and people write many different kinds of programs in it: from command-line utilities to network tools like web servers and proxies and file servers to distributed databases to website backends. As long as you keep calling it "niche" I guess we do need those kinds of articles.
old-gregg 10y ago
Booo, what's up with the negativity? :) I would love to see more of these stories but not just for Go, pretty much for anything under the sun, especially "old and boring" languages and technologies. I want to know in which situations people still choose C++ or even C for new projects today, I want to see who's using Pascal (and what for?), I want to see if anyone is dumping, say, Postgres in favor for Oracle. At my previous job (Rackspace) I had the awesome unexpected benefit of sitting on sales calls with our enterprise team, listening to what well-known tech companies are doing "under the hood" and what problems they're facing and what solutions they're considering. On a number of occasions I've heard folks say "this is super, you should blog about it", so I say: the more the better! It's just another opportunity to learn, not about "fluffing"
Kiro 10y ago
> its niche is pretty well established What's the niche?
- f2f 10y ago
  distributed system components talking over the network. this is not my personal opinion. that said, i use go for everything. although most of the go code I've written has been in end-user applications, tools, and services, I still open up a listening port on localhost and serve web pages for any visualizations that i need to present. get the job done in the most boring way possible. that's its niche.

by f2f 10y ago

nine_k 10y ago

Let's note that Go approaches boring from below; it gives rise to much copy-paste programming and some clever code generation. It's very easy to pick up, though, especially if you played with Turbo Pascal as a child.

kjksf 10y ago

I think this page (and other like this, e.g. https://quicknotes.io/n/1XB0 https://quicknotes.io/n/1XB0) show that Go is no longer a "niche" language, unless you consider python and ruby a niche language. Go is a general purpose language and people write many different kinds of programs in it: from command-line utilities to network tools like web servers and proxies and file servers to distributed databases to website backends. As long as you keep calling it "niche" I guess we do need those kinds of articles.

old-gregg 10y ago

Booo, what's up with the negativity? :) I would love to see more of these stories but not just for Go, pretty much for anything under the sun, especially "old and boring" languages and technologies. I want to know in which situations people still choose C++ or even C for new projects today, I want to see who's using Pascal (and what for?), I want to see if anyone is dumping, say, Postgres in favor for Oracle. At my previous job (Rackspace) I had the awesome unexpected benefit of sitting on sales calls with our enterprise team, listening to what well-known tech companies are doing "under the hood" and what problems they're facing and what solutions they're considering. On a number of occasions I've heard folks say "this is super, you should blog about it", so I say: the more the better! It's just another opportunity to learn, not about "fluffing"

Kiro 10y ago

> its niche is pretty well established What's the niche?

f2f 10y ago
distributed system components talking over the network. this is not my personal opinion. that said, i use go for everything. although most of the go code I've written has been in end-user applications, tools, and services, I still open up a listening port on localhost and serve web pages for any visualizations that i need to present. get the job done in the most boring way possible. that's its niche.