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OpenAI uses Go for the networking implementation for the relays and the services, which makes a ton of sense, instead of something immature as TypeScript / Node

by rvz 6mo ago

OpenAI uses Go for the networking implementation for the relays and the services, which makes a ton of sense, instead of something immature as TypeScript / Node or whatever. Yet another reason to not consider anything else like that for low-latency networking. Golang (or even Rust and C++) is unmatched for this use-case.

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nvarsj 6mo ago
Can golang do zero copy networking nowadays? In the past golang was terrible at this kind of thing due to allocations and copies of all relayed data.
- fragmede 6mo ago
  And the GC!
- troxhi 6mo ago
  Even Java together with Netty supports zero copy networking... if Go misses that feature I wouldn't be very hard to implement it yourself
bananamogul 6mo ago
"something immature as TypeScript / Node or whatever" Node.js's initial release was May 27, 2009 Golang 's initial release was November 10, 2009 They're different, yes, but it's not like
- mghackerlady 6mo ago
  okay, sure, but one is by microsoft, the other by a 25 year old, and another by rob pike. The one by rob pike is going to be infinitely more mature and thought out than a hacky type system on JS because it isn't his first rodeo