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I'm not too familiar with the Go ecosystem, but does Google really have anything to gain if Go becomes wildly popular?
by lightcatcher 15y ago
I'm not too familiar with the Go ecosystem, but does Google really have anything to gain if Go becomes wildly popular?
- forgotusername 15y agoA non-crappy language to build internal systems? There's a strong culture of NIH at Google, so I doubt there is any sneaky hidden strategy in their opening Go: they get widespread peer review and the chance to prime candidates on the language before they ever reach the hiring process. I guess even that is justification enough.
- shuzchen 15y agoI have a hard time attributing a new language coming out of Google as NIH syndrome. If you take a look at some of the people employed at the big G (Gosling, Kernighan, Pike, Guido, Thompson, etc.) who were responsible for creating and nurturing some very big languages being used today, I would be surprised if new languages weren't being created.