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> Obviously core devs of Google backed language cannot do better. They can only gain that trust from users within Google, not outside of Google. That's a non s
by majewsky 8y ago
> Obviously core devs of Google backed language cannot do better. They can only gain that trust from users within Google, not outside of Google.
That's a non sequitur. Trust is not mandated by company boundaries. I for one trust in the competence of the Go maintainers, while at the same time having absolutely zero trust in Google as a company.
- zzzcpan 8y ago> I for one trust in the competence of the Go maintainers That's fine. But ultimately Go employees do not work for you and cannot put much effort into proving they are good at solving problems for you, since the company doesn't pay them to do it. There will not be a track record in users eyes of their design decisions and not much trust from users they are even capable of doing it well.
- majewsky 8y ago> the company doesn't pay them to do it It absolutely does. Google has a vested interest in making Go a popular language outside of Google: It improves sentiments towards Google by association, and it means that Google has an easier time onboarding new hires since they probably already know Go.
- Retra 8y agoIf they're paying people to develop tools for solving general purpose computing problems and presenting those tools out in the open, then they are doing something that is good for everyone.