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I don't think Go could have existed in 1996. It feels like a reaction to Java, in some sense. And even if it was built, exactly as it is now, in 1996, it probab
by pkulak 14y ago
I don't think Go could have existed in 1996. It feels like a reaction to Java, in some sense. And even if it was built, exactly as it is now, in 1996, it probably would have gone no where.
"It doesn't even have object inheritance! And what do we need all these concurrency things for? Windows has only had preemptive multitasking for a year, and multi-core is still a decade away."
- malodyets 14y agoYour second paragraph quotes a fictitious someone in 1996, right?
- pkulak 14y agoHaha, yes, thanks. I added quotes.
- pjmlp 14y agoOberon and Oberon-2 were available in 1991, which Go takes the method syntax and package concepts from. GC enabled system programming languages, which failed most likely due to the Pascal syntax.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 14y agoYeah not enough Object for 96, but still it feels like an old language to me.
- wtbob 14y agoWell, Limbo existed in 1995, but it got nowhere…