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Lack of libraries is a valid reason for preferring another language. But, when Go came out, there were no libraries. And it didn't get so much bad press.
by porker 9y ago
Lack of libraries is a valid reason for preferring another language.
But, when Go came out, there were no libraries. And it didn't get so much bad press.
- greenhouse_gas 9y ago>But, when Go came out, there were no libraries. And it didn't get so much bad press. 1. Go had a lot going for it when it came out (single, static, exe, memory safety). 2. Go's stdlib came with a lot out of the box. To the extent that you can write some fairly complicated code without touching a single library. 3. There was cgo.