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> The last thing I personally want to see is Go being handed over to the community to be designed by committee. I'm thankful for exactly that. Go is developed

> The last thing I personally want to see is Go being handed over to the community to be designed by committee. I'm thankful for exactly that. Go is developed by Bell Labs people, the same people who bought us C, Unix and Plan 9 (Ken, Pike, RSC, et al). They took the time to think through all their decisions, the impacts of said decisions, along with keeping things as simple as possible. Basically, doing things right the first time and not bolting on features willy-nilly simply because the community wants them. Reminds me of Joe Armstrong's quote: '''I remember thinking “how simple, no qualms of conscience, no soul-searching, no asking "Is this the right thing to do” …''' source: http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/OO_programming/why_oo_sucks http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/OO_programming/why_oo_suck...

blablabla123 7y ago
> Go is developed by Bell Labs people, the same people who bought us C, Unix and Plan 9 (Ken, Pike, RSC, et al). Exactly and it comes in line with other research languages, namely Newsqueak and Limbo, both relying on channels for concurrency. I hope their other work will also find their way into every day usage though.
atombender 7y ago
Bell Labs — and ETH Zürich, where Robert Griesemer worked as a PhD student under Niklaus Wirth on Oberon, which had a big influence on Go [1]. The earlier languages that Rob Pike et al were involved with, Limbo and Newsqueak, were also heavily influenced by Wirth. [1] https://talks.golang.org/2015/gophercon-goevolution.slide#15 https://talks.golang.org/2015/gophercon-goevolution.slide#15.