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While I'm too tired to read this thru thoroughly, I had to skim it and upvote it. This was actually my first thought when go was introduced. I don't see it taki

While I'm too tired to read this thru thoroughly, I had to skim it and upvote it. This was actually my first thought when go was introduced. I don't see it taking over the web world, or the gaming world or anything of that sort, but I do see it being the next tool for multithreaded applications related to system work. Go may never "hit it big" with the mainstream but it very well could find it's place in administration. That's what I hope to use it for as I get more proficient.

josephkern 13y ago
It was built around software engineering principles (rather than experimental language constructs). The attention to small details (imports via git/bzr/hg, gofmt, go run, etc) deeply resonates with system admins (or at least myself and the OP).
- dubbledidu 13y ago
  That's my impression too. The lone sysadmin who has to hack something up and moves on to other work likes Go; real developers who work in teams and have to maintain their codebase a month down the road stay the hell away from it.
  - xradionut 13y ago
    My coworkers whom aren't gurus can read and edit Python code. Go? I doubt it...
    - kinghajj 13y ago
      How is go so much more complex? The fact that struct types can be passed either by reference or by value?
      - xradionut 13y ago
        It's not go. It's the fact I work with admins and analysts that are not formally trained developers. Python and PowerShell are their tools.
  - stevvooe 13y ago
    real developers who work in teams and have to maintain their codebase a month down the road stay the hell away from it. As a fake developer, our team has had little issue with code maintenance "a month down the road". I'm not sure what "real" developers" are using but their platitudes must be an effective resource.
    - cmccabe 13y ago
      Real Programmers wrote in machine code. Not FORTRAN. Not RATFOR. Not, even, assembly language. Machine Code. Raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers. Directly. - The Story of Mel. Real Users hate Real Programmers - FreeBSD fortune

josephkern 13y ago

It was built around software engineering principles (rather than experimental language constructs). The attention to small details (imports via git/bzr/hg, gofmt, go run, etc) deeply resonates with system admins (or at least myself and the OP).

dubbledidu 13y ago
That's my impression too. The lone sysadmin who has to hack something up and moves on to other work likes Go; real developers who work in teams and have to maintain their codebase a month down the road stay the hell away from it.
- xradionut 13y ago
  My coworkers whom aren't gurus can read and edit Python code. Go? I doubt it...
  - kinghajj 13y ago
    How is go so much more complex? The fact that struct types can be passed either by reference or by value?
    - xradionut 13y ago
      It's not go. It's the fact I work with admins and analysts that are not formally trained developers. Python and PowerShell are their tools.
- stevvooe 13y ago
  real developers who work in teams and have to maintain their codebase a month down the road stay the hell away from it. As a fake developer, our team has had little issue with code maintenance "a month down the road". I'm not sure what "real" developers" are using but their platitudes must be an effective resource.
  - cmccabe 13y ago
    Real Programmers wrote in machine code. Not FORTRAN. Not RATFOR. Not, even, assembly language. Machine Code. Raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers. Directly. - The Story of Mel. Real Users hate Real Programmers - FreeBSD fortune