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The fact that Go is small, has a large community (outside googlers), and has a completely open spec makes it one of the least likely languages to just fade into
by hardwaresofton 9y ago
The fact that Go is small, has a large community (outside googlers), and has a completely open spec makes it one of the least likely languages to just fade into obscurity.
The Go language accomplishes some amazing things so far, and it a pretty decent choice in the systems-programming space. Even if google dropped it, there would almost definitely be another company or group willing to be it's benevolent dictator(s).
- txru 9y agoIsn't it somewhat problematic to consider Go as being in the systems programming space? A garbage collector seems like a pretty good disqualifying factor for that.
- hardwaresofton 9y agoYou're right -- I really considered putting systems programming-ish in my comment because of that. I talk my way around the limitation in my own head because it really depends on the system you're programming -- a lot of even lower level systems these days come with a lot more memory and resources to manage. Maybe I'm just warping what the term means to my own ends.