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Go has been a game changer for me also. There is also a very good package https://github.com/spf13/cobra https://github.com/spf13/cobra that can make the develo

by yannis 10y ago

Go has been a game changer for me also. There is also a very good package https://github.com/spf13/cobra https://github.com/spf13/cobra that can make the development of complex CLIs easier.

aikah 10y ago
Go default flag package is pure garbage though. That's a fact. However, Go cross compilation makes it easy to develop multi-os CLI tools. The downside is the size of the executable, it's easy to reach the 50MB bar with Go binaries.
- skj 10y ago
  Yes. The default "flag" package is trash. I like the Go team a lot, and I think they did a great job with many things, but it seems to me like they just said, "meh, get something that can work, usability is not something that matters."
  - ptman 10y ago
    consider the history, it probably makes sense if you're used to research unix and plan9
- integrii 10y ago
  How exactly do you create a program in go that compiles to a 50mb exe? Why is the flags package trash?