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I think I can answer for Docker. The first prototype was written in Python, the company was a Python shop. The main reason for a rewrite in Go was to ride the p
by bombela 3y ago
I think I can answer for Docker. The first prototype was written in Python, the company was a Python shop. The main reason for a rewrite in Go was to ride the popularity of Go that was growing at the time (2012).
source: I was there.
- mardifoufs 3y agoIn hindsight, docker is probably much better off with Go, considering the use case. And I say that as someone who loves python and isn't too much into go!
- baby_souffle 3y ago> In hindsight, docker is probably much better off with Go, considering the use case. And I say that as someone who loves python and isn't too much into go! Same. I use docker to escape the versioning hell that is modern python. When you're trying to build a tool, the more self-contained the better.