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I don't know a single person who's done substantial systems programming who takes Go seriously in terms of their field. Rob Pike? Ken Thompson?
by papaf 16y ago
I don't know a single person who's done substantial systems programming who takes Go seriously in terms of their field.
Rob Pike? Ken Thompson?
- alnayyir 16y agoI admired Pike and Ken when I was younger, but I can't speak to why they came up with Go and I strongly suspect its design wasn't actually their first choice. You overestimate the power they have in a company as highly political as Google.