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I don't agree. Go being created by the Bell Labs legends, the same people who fathered C, Unix, UTF-8, Plan 9, etc., was what caught attention. Google's involve
by randomdata 4y ago
I don't agree. Go being created by the Bell Labs legends, the same people who fathered C, Unix, UTF-8, Plan 9, etc., was what caught attention. Google's involvement was downplayed, and, in fact, at the time Google people were all like "We don't use Go or even like it."
- Tozen 4y agoI don't totally disagree with your point. Ken Thompson is a legend, by himself. However, neither he nor the other creators made their own language, without backing. We will likely never know if by themselves, the Go creators would of had a hit. Even when it comes to talking about a legend like Ken Thompson, he still was working at Bell Labs (AT&T), and had that huge company behind his work. Go was created at Google, and prominent among the language's goals, is that it serves their purposes.