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Rob Pike is 66 and the average male life expectancy in America is 76 years. Of course I wish him to live happily for many more years, but it would be presumptuo
by johndough 5y ago
Rob Pike is 66 and the average male life expectancy in America is 76 years. Of course I wish him to live happily for many more years, but it would be presumptuous to expect him to work on Go for the rest of his life.
But although google has killed 264 projects so far [1], I believe that Go has too many dependents at Google and in industry to cancel. And even if it should happen anyway, the community will fork it.
[1] https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
- veltas 5y agoLife expectancy of a 66 year old is 83.
- johndough 5y agoI stand corrected. I also forgot to consider that Rob Pike is Canadian, which further improves his statistical chances.
- mirekrusin 5y agoMust be at least 10y more if you don’t use Java.
- gompertz 5y agoYeah... Exactly. Look at all the stuff Bell Labs came out with in the 60s and 70s that still survives today, without their involvement. Go will live on regardless.