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5 years back it would be very interesting proposition. But today a lot of modern cloud infrastructure is getting written in Go. IBM/SAP/Apple betting on Swift f

by geodel 10y ago

5 years back it would be very interesting proposition. But today a lot of modern cloud infrastructure is getting written in Go. IBM/SAP/Apple betting on Swift for server side applications. So in past it could have been Swift app + Java backend now it is more likely Swift app + Swift backend. I also think with Rust taken up by programing enthusiasts which otherwise would have prefered Scala on JVM is also going to put pressure on Java/JVM.

edblarney 10y ago
"But today a lot of modern cloud infrastructure is getting written in Go" I don't think so. I our circles, we think 'Go' is a thing, but in most of the world, it's not. Rust, Go, these are all popular with new companies. Enterprises are so often .Net/Java + Oracle etc.. It's a big world of hospitals, large companies, government agencies etc..
- geodel 10y ago
  Yes, enterprise apps are not yet there. But lot of infra-like software would have been written in Java if Go were not there. There is growing awareness of Go at big enterprises such as where I work. It will start with sucking oxygen for new projects which would be by default in Java.