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You're always rolling the dice with new languages; Go just happened to be mostly compatible. If you want something that will compile in 20 years, pick something
by dehrmann 5y ago
You're always rolling the dice with new languages; Go just happened to be mostly compatible. If you want something that will compile in 20 years, pick something with a track record.
- mst 5y agoMy perl5 version 8 code still runs perfectly on version 34, and for all people's (often valid) dislike of perl still helps a lot of companies make a lot of money. That wasn't the point I was trying to make in that particular comment though.
- laumars 5y agoMost languages offer some guarantee by the time they hit version 1, let alone 2. Take Python for example, v2 took a decade to deprecate. Swift is the edge case on this one. Not the norm.