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Just out of curiosity, why do so many people want to learn Go despite it not being used that much, 7.1% from the survey?
by dcpl 9y ago
Just out of curiosity, why do so many people want to learn Go despite it not being used that much, 7.1% from the survey?
- roel_v 9y agoWho wants to learn Go apart from the people posting in Go threads here on HN? I have yet to meet anyone who is not in this micro-cosmos who's even heard of it.
- spondyl 9y agoHype feeding hype? On a side note, I've been using it at work and I'm actually quite liking it myself
- pjmlp 9y agoMaybe because it is a Google language, if it was done at company XYZ no one would care. Also because anyone jumping into the Docker/Kubernetes train eventually has to deal with Go.
- H1Supreme 9y agoI started with Go out of shear curiosity a few years ago. Built a few web backends with it, and a number of simple utility tools with it. I know this is a bit of a broken record line, but it's standard library and simplicity have made it something I naturally gravitate towards. Especially when I need to do something quick.
- kej 9y agoIf you come from a Python/Ruby/JavaScript background (which is a lot of people), Go is a language that is not much more complex but will run faster and be easier to distribute. I can see that being a big appeal, especially compared to something like Rust or C++ which is going to require a lot more learning to become productive.