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Weird article. It's basically an 'edited highlights' summary of another article, which it references. Here's the original: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/

Weird article. It's basically an 'edited highlights' summary of another article, which it references. Here's the original: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/5/260357-the-go-programming-language-and-environment/fulltext#R16= https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/5/260357-the-go-programm... I guess this is what passes for journalism, these days.

Hendrikto 4y ago
And the original article is better. For example, it mentions a huge contributor many commenters have pointed out: > Google's name was undoubtedly a draw.
dang 4y ago
Ok, we've changed to that from https://thenewstack.io/what-made-golang-so-popular-the-languages-creators-look-back/ https://thenewstack.io/what-made-golang-so-popular-the-langu.... Thanks! Related: The Go Programming Language and Environment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31173395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31173395 - April 2022 (40 comments)