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On HN we get tons of "why we moved from language/platform X to language/platform Y" articles. They are fun to read, but 99% of it should be read as a list of po
by fauigerzigerk 13y ago
On HN we get tons of "why we moved from language/platform X to language/platform Y" articles. They are fun to read, but 99% of it should be read as a list of post factum rationalizations of irrational decisions.
You have to give the Go team credit for telling the truth in their last bullet point:
Go is much more fun to use than C
I actually think the other bullet points are correct. I just don't believe they are the reason for making the decision.