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Can you say more about this? Was Go inspired / derived from the use of sawzall and it just performs its intended uses in other parts of the company?
by leetrout 3y ago
Can you say more about this?
Was Go inspired / derived from the use of sawzall and it just performs its intended uses in other parts of the company?
- iainmerrick 3y agoGo was designed specifically as a better C++ (that is, a better successor to C). Its use as a Sawzall replacement was a lucky accident, I think -- that just happened to be the first niche where it took hold. Sawzall was not a widely-liked language, so people had already been trying to replace it with Python, but Go had better performance and stronger typing so it was a better fit. Go really found its footing as a better Python (for some use cases) rather than a better C++.