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Yes! For those who know Go, it means they'll be able to hack/improve/fix the software themselves. This question gets posted on every single "X written in Y",
by omginternets 6y ago
Yes! For those who know Go, it means they'll be able to hack/improve/fix the software themselves.
This question gets posted on every single "X written in Y", and I can't help but think it's an effortless way to broadcast some strange form of superiority (namely: by showing my exasperation with Go enthusiasts, I place myself in the category of people unimpressed by Go. Bonus points for mentioning Rust or Haskell.)
This feeling is at odds with open source culture, where the ability to understand the code you're running is absolutely central. If you value Open Source, it should be pretty easy to understand how "written in language X" is a valuable piece of information.
- jdashg 6y agoThe title doesn't say that it's open source, though. (nor its license) It's specifically advertising itself based on its language, not its qualities.
- omginternets 6y agoGitHub wasn't a dead giveaway? How about the MIT License badge on the page? Come on, now... I think it's safe to say that one should check these (obvious) things before posting a snarky comment. It seems to me that this is part of the HN community ethos.
- bityard 6y ago> GitHub wasn't a dead giveaway? There have been numerous source-available but proprietary github projects posted to HN.
- omginternets 6y agoGood thing you can check the license!
- Fnoord 6y agoCorrect me if I am wrong but doesn't Go yield better performance than Python?
- FridgeSeal 6y agoYes, by quite a decent margin.