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The Google backing and hype kept me away from Go for years. After being stuck with a succession of scripting languages that weren't doing it for me and being fr
by shirro 6y ago
The Google backing and hype kept me away from Go for years. After being stuck with a succession of scripting languages that weren't doing it for me and being frustrated at the time it takes to be as productive in something like c, Go is really the sweet spot of readability, reliability and productivity for me. I think the Google backing may not be as advantageous as some people think. Dart did not become a popular language and would probably have died out if Flutter hadn't come along.
- pansa2 6y agoYeah, Go being from Google is not necessarily a good thing. It means the language is under the control of a single company and, what's more, a company that is well-known for giving up on many of its projects.
- dhagz 6y agoAnd the open-source aspect of Go's development is managed entirely in Google services (the dev mailing list is a Google Group, you can't contribute without a Gmail address...the list is long). Sure it's hosted on GitHub, but the majority of the real conversations are elsewhere.
- Ericson2314 6y ago> frustrated at the time it takes to be as productive in something like c Don't worry, no is productive in something like c > After being stuck with a succession of scripting languages that weren't doing it for me I am saddened yet also consoled everyone that likes Go comes from the scripting languages. That's such a low bar to beat!