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> Go 2 will be much more community-driven. Please no ...

by icholy 8y ago

bsaul 8y ago
There must be some very angry people downvoting on this comment section today. Go is very opinionated and it's quite obvious that its original design being so radical (no class, no inheritance, no generics, no macro) was only possible because it was designed by a few very experimented people with a very specific goal in mind. I'm also worried about how being "community driven" will change the philosophy of the language.
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  I think "community driven" means less than you fear. I think it means that community feedback is used to push the language in directions that scratch some of the major community itches. That seems perfectly reasonable to me - more reasonable than making changes in a vacuum, in fact. But I don't think that they're going to let the community run wild and completely change the character of Go. I think they're looking for wins that matter to users, but wins that are possible within the framework of what Go is.
  - icholy 8y ago
    I hope you're right
- atombender 8y ago
  HN has a good rule [1] about comments: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work." The above comment is being downvoted because it just voices dissent, not a real, substantive opinion. I can guess what their intent is, but that's hardly a basis for good discussion. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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StephenFalken 8y ago
That made me remember part of an interview done to Dennis Ritchie back in 2000: When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd. C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

> Go 2 will be much more community-driven. Please no ...

by icholy 8y ago

> Go 2 will be much more community-driven. Please no ...

There must be some very angry people downvoting on this comment section today. Go is very opinionated and it's quite obvious that its original design being so radical (no class, no inheritance, no generics, no macro) was only possible because it was designed by a few very experimented people with a very specific goal in mind. I'm also worried about how being "community driven" will change the philosophy of the language.

AnimalMuppet 8y ago
I think "community driven" means less than you fear. I think it means that community feedback is used to push the language in directions that scratch some of the major community itches. That seems perfectly reasonable to me - more reasonable than making changes in a vacuum, in fact. But I don't think that they're going to let the community run wild and completely change the character of Go. I think they're looking for wins that matter to users, but wins that are possible within the framework of what Go is.
- icholy 8y ago
  I hope you're right
atombender 8y ago
HN has a good rule [1] about comments: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work." The above comment is being downvoted because it just voices dissent, not a real, substantive opinion. I can guess what their intent is, but that's hardly a basis for good discussion. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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StephenFalken 8y ago

That made me remember part of an interview done to Dennis Ritchie back in 2000: When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd. C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.