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Well Go's goal is a lowest common denominator language with the least amount of features possible and the easiest to learn for new graduates. This essentially m

Well Go's goal is a lowest common denominator language with the least amount of features possible and the easiest to learn for new graduates. This essentially makes it almost a toy language in fancy clothes. A toy language with the money of google backing it so it does actually feel useable.

kccqzy 6y ago
> the easiest to learn for new graduates And I'd say it fails at that goal, judging by the number of gotchas in fundamental concepts of the language like slices or interfaces. A surprising behavior of slices that had discussions on HN, and something I discovered in my own code as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555472 And of course this gem was on HN just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26631116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26631116
sugarkjube 6y ago
> easiest to learn for new graduates This was never a goal of go. Go was conceived out of frustration with c++. They wanted to reduce language complexity and build times (among other things). For me personally it's C without the hassle.
- rowanG077 6y ago
  This is false. Here it is straight from the creator of the language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwajp0g-bY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwajp0g-bY4
  - cmrdporcupine 6y ago
    "Not capable of understanding a brilliant language." Wow as a googler I find this... Awful.
  - sullyj3 6y ago
    Man, people are really downvoting accurate information just because the truth hurts.