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I think this isn't quite true. From my perspective, Go did get a massive boost but not from Google. The language was originally designed by Robert Griesemer, Ro
by fmstephe 9y ago
I think this isn't quite true. From my perspective, Go did get a massive boost but not from Google. The language was originally designed by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.
It is fair to say that without those names attached I would have likely passed it by. Google is boring, but those three names, for me at least, I had to take a look.
- SwellJoe 9y agoIf Google could make a language popular, where does Dart fit into the story? People seem to love Go, and with very little encouragement from Google. I don't see a lot of love for Dart...though everyone who's played with it seems to like it well enough.
- pjmlp 9y agoDart was betrayed by Chrome and Angular teams as they decided to drop support for it. Let's see if Flutter and Fuschia teams manage to push adoption for Dart.