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> In Go I can only write libraries for Go programs. That's not true. It's quite simple to create a loadable shared object in go and call it using anything with
by shanemhansen 10y ago
> In Go I can only write libraries for Go programs.
That's not true. It's quite simple to create a loadable shared object in go and call it using anything with a c ffi.
- TheDong 10y agoIt's not quite simple because of the GC go brings. As proof, notice that it barely happens, and only as an oddity in Go, yet in rust there are actual uses (e.g. ruby and python library optimization)
- lobster_johnson 10y agoCalling C from Go has significant overhead [1], doesn't that mean calling Go from C is equally slow? [1] https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/the-cost-and-complexity-of-cgo/ https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/the-cost-and-complexity-o...
- hueving 10y agoIt may be even worse calling Go from C since you are bring the whole Go runtime with GC and all when you call into Go.