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> Go is an engineer’s language. No, Ada/Spark is an example of a good engineers language. Go is a mediocre effort at best. Rob Pikes defence is that it was des
by grumpyprole 2y ago
> Go is an engineer’s language.
No, Ada/Spark is an example of a good engineers language. Go is a mediocre effort at best. Rob Pikes defence is that it was designed for junior Googlers who "aren't capable of understanding a brilliant language". Yes that's a real quote.
- Exuma 2y agoWhat’s a brilliant language in this context
- grumpyprole 2y agoYou'd have to ask Rob Pike. My own example of a brilliant language is Haskell, but it's not without problems.
- pjmlp 2y agoApparently anything that offers a type system beyond Go's.
- melodyogonna 2y ago[dead]