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I guess C++ -> Golang is debatable, maybe Python -> Golang?

• geoka9 8y ago
  If I remember correctly, one of the motivators for Go was the desire to avoid having to use C++ by the original authors. That said, I agree that Pyhon -> Golang fits in that trend too.
  • pjmlp 8y ago
    True, but they dumbed Go so much down that they hardly attracted anyone used to write modern code in C++. https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponentially-more.html https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponenti...
    • erik_seaberg 8y ago
      To be fair, Googlers can't write modern C++ because they have a critical mass of legacy code that has never been exception-safe. Avoiding RAII kneecaps the whole language badly.
      • repolfx 8y ago
        Google doesn't avoid RAII, they just avoid exceptions.
        • erik_seaberg 8y ago
          The beauty of RAII is that every resource is tied to the lifetime of an object, and every object is always in a usable state. Having to call extra open/close methods and check error codes breaks these invariants, and leads to objects with bad fidelity to the normal copy and move semantics the language is built on.