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If one is going to compare a language to Go, I would go with C#, since it's only slightly older (2001 or so) and also backed by a major corporation.
by yareally 13y ago
If one is going to compare a language to Go, I would go with C#, since it's only slightly older (2001 or so) and also backed by a major corporation.
- gillianseed 13y agoWell since Go made it's appearance in 2009 and C# in 2000, I wouldn't call that 'only slightly older', not even by programming language standards. Beyond that, Go certainly doesn't have the same backing from Google as C# had from Microsoft, on the other hand Microsoft had a monetary incentive to provide support and tools/frameworks as they charged for those proprietary implementations while Google is giving Go away under a permissive licence. Anyway, for fun I looked at the language poll made here recently on HN and compared C# and Go: C# 1130 likes, 465 dislikes Go 1126 likes, 365 dislikes So it would seem that Go has reached the same popularity as C# here on HN atleast. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104
- dbaupp 13y agoHN is a hotbed of early adopters (and Microsoft is not a favourite among many readers).