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The Go developers provided their definition, which is something people conveniently ignore whenever they try to be clever about Go not being a systems programmi
by _ak 10y ago
The Go developers provided their definition, which is something people conveniently ignore whenever they try to be clever about Go not being a systems programming language.
- jjnoakes 10y agoTo be fair, if I repurpose a term that is widely used in one way to mean something else, the confusion that ensues is kind of my fault.
- geodel 10y agoSo many places I worked had systems engineering department and none of them had anything to do with operating systems/ device drivers. I wonder whether it has to do with OS hackers hanging on internet together and deciding what systems would mean.
- _ak 10y agoThere was no repurposing, as the context was exactly explained. Only later, the detractors decontextualized the Go team's original statements.