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Oracle should stop that, in my opinion. That attitude could kill Java in the long term.
by faragon 10y ago
Oracle should stop that, in my opinion. That attitude could kill Java in the long term.
- CydeWeys 10y agoOne wonders how much the taint of Java factored into the decision to invent Go.
- AsyncAwait 10y agoNot much actually, the developers of Go mainly wanted shorter compile times than C++ offered.
- thomasahle 10y agoPretty sure different people wanted different things. Some people certainly wanted better concurrency.
- AsyncAwait 10y agoSure, that too. Both of which however had little to do with Java.
- twblalock 10y agoMy impression is that the Go team had two targets, both based on languages in common use at Google: C++ programmers, and programmers using languages like Python who wanted more type safety but didn't want to use a language with a massive ecosystem.
- emiliobumachar 10y agoI might have misunderstood the last part. Why would anyone not want a massive ecosystem with their language? You can always ignore the ecosystem while retaining the option to change your mind later.
- geodel 10y agoThere is nothing on GUI side in Go and it does not seem to be priority of core team.