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"Google starting to kill off projects, would Go be on that list?" Key difference here, unlike Reader, golang is fully open source. So even if they did (which i
by shurcooL 14y ago
"Google starting to kill off projects, would Go be on that list?"
Key difference here, unlike Reader, golang is fully open source. So even if they did (which is unlikely because it is good and used by Google itself), it could survive that and still thrive. I feel it's got enough critical momentum even at this point (and even more so in the future).
This is one of the main reasons why I believe in its future and feel passionate about it. They started off right by making it open source. I would have very mixed feelings if it were closed.
- voidlogic 14y agoAgreed. If Google stopped working on Go, it would live on.
- weareconvo 14y agoGo is not some side-project started by a mid-level engineer. This is Rob Pike and Ken Thompson we're talking about. They're demi-gods, even at Google.
- zura 14y agoThis is actually a pretty weak point for the language - that it is tied with personalities (no matter how great they are). For instance, a contrary example would be - as a C++ engineer, I'm more than happy and think that it is one of the strongest point of C++ that it is not tied with Bjarne nor with any other company/personality.
- continuations 14y agoRemember Unladen Swallow? It was open source. It had non-Google contributors. It was going to be the future of Python. Google was a heavy Python user and needed Unladen Swallow to succeed. It had a specific, ambitious goal. And then it just fizzled out because Google reassigned its people. Will Go survive (and thrive) if Google pulled its support?