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> It has become out of fashion now here Are you sure ? I don't get that feeling from HN at all.

citrin_ru 3y ago
My impression that Rust nowadays gets more attention/upvotes than Go. But Go is still very fashionable compare to C/C++/Perl/PHP.
- zozbot234 3y ago
  It's also very fashionable compared to other garbage-collected languages, which is arguably a more sensible comparison. Though one could argue that ReasonML (an Ocaml frontend with vaguely Go-ish syntax) has the better overall design.
  - scns 3y ago
    > ReasonML (an Ocaml frontend with vaguely Go-ish syntax) Sorry to be a pedant, but ReasonML was developed to make OCaml accessible to developers with JavaScript experience.
iLoveOncall 3y ago
I think it has become out of fashion everywhere to be fair. Not in the sense that it's a bad language, but just that it's not used much anymore. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F09gbxjr&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0... (Funnily enough, it still absolutely dwarfs Rust in Google Trends, which highlights how much HN, Reddit and such are echo-chambers)
- citrin_ru 3y ago
  It's not only about echo-chambers. Rust is an emerging language, it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. Go is already well established and it's users likely feel that this language will be fine without their advocacy and more likely to stay silent. Go generated much more excitement on HN when it was not yet widely used but was growing and promising.
  - usrbinbash 3y ago
    > it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. I have no problem with language-fans promoting it and singing praise to it. I do the same with languages I happen to like. What I do have a problem with, is evangelizing. https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1d2f2b https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1...
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- Thaxll 3y ago
  Go is a wildly used language not sure what you mean by it's not used anyway, it's a growing and very popular language.
- xbmcuser 3y ago
  If you look at github stats go is still growing I don't see how you think it is its not used anymore it is the only largly used language that is still growing. https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/3 https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/3
- d-z-m 3y ago
  > Not in the sense that it's a bad language, but just that it's not used much anymore. What are you talking about? Go is a popular language. Many of the successful software projects released in recent years are written in Go.
- _lvbh 3y ago
  Google Trends is a terrible indicator.
zmj 3y ago
Go has entered the "boring technology" phase, along with Java, .NET, etc. It's a safe, productive choice, with well understood upsides and downsides. There's not much to talk about... and that's ok! "Choose Boring Technology": https://boringtechnology.club/ https://boringtechnology.club/
- cynicalsecurity 3y ago
  Is .NET still around?
  - davewritescode 3y ago
    I believe it’s more widely used than Go

My impression that Rust nowadays gets more attention/upvotes than Go. But Go is still very fashionable compare to C/C++/Perl/PHP.

zozbot234 3y ago
It's also very fashionable compared to other garbage-collected languages, which is arguably a more sensible comparison. Though one could argue that ReasonML (an Ocaml frontend with vaguely Go-ish syntax) has the better overall design.
- scns 3y ago
  > ReasonML (an Ocaml frontend with vaguely Go-ish syntax) Sorry to be a pedant, but ReasonML was developed to make OCaml accessible to developers with JavaScript experience.

iLoveOncall 3y ago

I think it has become out of fashion everywhere to be fair. Not in the sense that it's a bad language, but just that it's not used much anymore. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F09gbxjr&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0... (Funnily enough, it still absolutely dwarfs Rust in Google Trends, which highlights how much HN, Reddit and such are echo-chambers)

citrin_ru 3y ago
It's not only about echo-chambers. Rust is an emerging language, it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. Go is already well established and it's users likely feel that this language will be fine without their advocacy and more likely to stay silent. Go generated much more excitement on HN when it was not yet widely used but was growing and promising.
- usrbinbash 3y ago
  > it's enthusiasts feel compelled to promote it to help it grow faster. I have no problem with language-fans promoting it and singing praise to it. I do the same with languages I happen to like. What I do have a problem with, is evangelizing. https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1d2f2b https://gist.github.com/graninas/22ab535d2913311e47a742c70f1...
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Thaxll 3y ago
Go is a wildly used language not sure what you mean by it's not used anyway, it's a growing and very popular language.
xbmcuser 3y ago
If you look at github stats go is still growing I don't see how you think it is its not used anymore it is the only largly used language that is still growing. https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/3 https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/3
d-z-m 3y ago
> Not in the sense that it's a bad language, but just that it's not used much anymore. What are you talking about? Go is a popular language. Many of the successful software projects released in recent years are written in Go.
_lvbh 3y ago
Google Trends is a terrible indicator.

zmj 3y ago

Go has entered the "boring technology" phase, along with Java, .NET, etc. It's a safe, productive choice, with well understood upsides and downsides. There's not much to talk about... and that's ok! "Choose Boring Technology": https://boringtechnology.club/ https://boringtechnology.club/

cynicalsecurity 3y ago
Is .NET still around?
- davewritescode 3y ago
  I believe it’s more widely used than Go