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Go can't compete on performance with C and has a fairly primitive GC. It also isn't nearly as expressive as python or ruby. It seems like Go fans hope that if t
by thescrewdriver 13y ago
Go can't compete on performance with C and has a fairly primitive GC. It also isn't nearly as expressive as python or ruby. It seems like Go fans hope that if they repeat it often enough that Go will somehow "own the next decade".
- enneff 13y agoBut Go does compete with C on performance for many tasks. If you're going to make a negative assertion, please back it up.
- thescrewdriver 13y agoI have yet to encounter such a task, and "competing" is not the same thing as matching or beating.
- dsymonds 13y agoYou said "Go can't compete on performance with C". It sounds like you are now moving the goalposts.
- thescrewdriver 13y agoI also said that I had yet to encounter a task where Go competed with C, which is completely consistent with "Go can't compete on performance with C". I also went on to point out that since Go can't even compete with C it then clearly cannot match or beat it either :)
- dsymonds 13y agoPerhaps if you had added a qualifier like "... for the tasks I encounter" in your original message then you would have been more accurate. There are plenty of tasks that other people do where Go is competitive with C. You were making a generalisation that is not true in general.
- thescrewdriver 13y agoThat should be covered by the "I" in "I have yet to encounter..."