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You might have missed the part of the article where they describe the weaknesses of Go that they've discovered while porting their Python code, but they downpla
by kubb 5y ago
You might have missed the part of the article where they describe the weaknesses of Go that they've discovered while porting their Python code, but they downplay them to make the whole thing sound more like a success.
- LanceH 5y agoIt's getting the job done, it's faster, and the developers are happy. It sounds like a success because it is.
- DangitBobby 5y agoThe developers say positive things after having spent months on this effort. It's just as likely a psychological defense mechanism against melancholy as it is an actual optimism for the new Eldritch Horror that's been unleashed on them. Especially if they weren't given a choice on what language they would be using. > Our engineers come from a variety of programming backgrounds, so we certainly do have a diversity of opinion on Go vs. other languages. That said, Go is doing the job we “hired” it to do when we started Goliath, and we’re thankful for the team driving its continued evolution and the community that has built up around it! If you were calling a reference for a potential new hire, would you consider this a glowing review?
- LanceH 5y ago> If you were calling a reference for a potential new hire, would you consider this a glowing review? Ships code on time, on spec, performance exceeding expectations. Sure.
- DangitBobby 5y agoOnly one of those was actually said. The article is not a glowing review of go. The carefully chosen snippets of text conspicuously say nothing about how the engineers, at the end of the day, like using the language.
- LanceH 5y agoTwo paragraphs in, in a heading font: "Our engineers like Go".
- DangitBobby 5y agoYeah that's what the header written by the guy who wrote the article says. However, the engineers were not quoted as saying anything approaching that.