The title of the post is "On Distributing Command Line Applications: Why I Switched From Ruby to Go", which changes the sentiment somewhat. The guy who wrote th

The title of the post is "On Distributing Command Line Applications: Why I Switched From Ruby to Go", which changes the sentiment somewhat. The guy who wrote the post is clearly happy to choose the right tool for the job. The sensational title here looks silly. Anywaay Go looks like a good solution for what he's doing. I tried distributing a Ruby-based app years ago (maybe around 2008 or 2009) with a pre-compiled version of Ruby for Windows bundled as part of my programme. The Nullsoft installer package I wrote took ages to write all of those .rb files (that make up the standard lib). It sort of worked OK, but the project didn't go anywhere -- that was probably lucky -- it'd have been a nightmare to maintain.