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At the time Go was getting started most software was either Java which had to coordinate with the JVM installation or scripting languages which required you to
by blacktriangle 6y ago
At the time Go was getting started most software was either Java which had to coordinate with the JVM installation or scripting languages which required you to manage a bunch of packages. Static binaries was virtually a feature unique to go from the point of view of popular languages in the domain of web dev and dev ops.