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So if you had started again in c or cpp you would have ended up with more maintainable shorter code too.

• chc 12y ago
  Probably, but also probably not on the same level. This doesn't seem like a very useful objection, both because it's obvious and because it's very weak.
  • codygman 12y ago
    I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss something as obvious just because it is obvious to you.
• shurcooL 12y ago
  This statement is only true if refactoring is not allowed.
• luka-birsa 12y ago
  Probably true. But it would take us longer, code base would be larger and still harder to maintain and more error prone compared to Go. It's a very old project and super important core technology - we did refactors before and I was somewhat scepitcal when lead devs on the project suggested to use Go instead for the next "refactor". I was blown away by the quality, speed and productivity. If you're building server infrastructure that needs to be performant, consider Go.