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How come so many people is writing cli programs in Go? What happened to C?

• swah 2y ago
  Nowadays I guess interactive ones are easier on Python or Go, and super fast ones (ripgrep, fzf) in Rust or Zig.
  • adhamsalama 2y ago
    fzf is written in Go, isn't it?
    • fmbb 2y ago
      Yes, fzf is a Go program.
  • Philip-J-Fry 2y ago
    It's pretty funny that your preconceptions led you to believe fzf was written in Rust or Zig.
    • swah 2y ago
      Hah great point..
      • apitman 2y ago
        Honestly I thought it was too, and I mostly write Go.
• mattlondon 2y ago
  Golang was conceived to address the rough edges people found using C, so I guess working as intended?
• danielvaughn 2y ago
  Charm provides an excellent suite of tools for building TUIs; bubble tea is only one of them. It’s gotten me interested in building CLI programs, as an anecdote.
• qudat 2y ago
  At least for SSH apps that run TUI programs the answer is obvious: golang implements the SSH protocol as a library. It is probably one of the greatest features of the stdlib. We're building a lot of SSH apps over at https://pico.sh https://pico.sh
• sim7c00 2y ago
  curses is well... curses. i try rust now. might also try go, then when those fail go back to C :D