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Because Rob Pike made it. And Bjarne Stroustrup didn't. Rob and Bjarne know each other from Bjarne's time in the Unix lab. The had philosophical differences, R

Because Rob Pike made it. And Bjarne Stroustrup didn't. Rob and Bjarne know each other from Bjarne's time in the Unix lab. The had philosophical differences, Rob tells of Bjarne's storming outbox a conversation. Some of us trust Rob's judgement, having been treated kindly by it before, so we will walk down his path and trust where it is leading. When Russ Cox joins us, we know for sure that the path will be safe and the walk will do us good.

zak_mc_kracken 12y ago
So you're using a language just because you have some admiration for what its creator accomplished in the past? Even though what he did has nothing to do with languages? Seriously?
- SixSigma 12y ago
  Seriously. But because Go is the latest of Rob's languages and have spent over 20 years using previous works. It is a relationship built on trust in the concepts. Tackling a language take commitment so it is reassuring when it is built by a team that you trust.
  - pjmlp 12y ago
    Except all those languages failed in the market until Google sponsorship came around.
    - SixSigma 12y ago
      Depends which market. They're used on IBM's Blue Gene, in Sandia Labs supercomputer centre, Los Alamos Super computer centre, at NASA JPL, ran the lighting at Sydney Olympics, are used in Lucent's mobile phones masts.
      - pjmlp 12y ago
        I didn't knew Alef and Limbo had so much users.
        SixSigma 12y ago
        Limbo moreso than Alef. And Plan9's C dialect is also under Rob's tutelage.
        pjmlp 12y ago
        I was being ironic. Never saw Plan 9 and its eco-system having any commercial success. Actually, I wonder how much money Vita Nuova makes out from Inferno.
        SixSigma 12y ago
        Vita Nuova is now just one guy, Charles, but I know he makes a living himself working on/consulting for the systems I mentioned. His colleague Rog Peppe, now works for Canonical doing Go. As I mentioned, Plan9 is used on a few super computer systems for IBM and the DoD.
GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
This industry doesn't need more cults of personality.
- SixSigma 12y ago
  I'm just answering the question with honesty and I'm not the only person using Go on the strength of Pike.

zak_mc_kracken 12y ago

So you're using a language just because you have some admiration for what its creator accomplished in the past? Even though what he did has nothing to do with languages? Seriously?

SixSigma 12y ago
Seriously. But because Go is the latest of Rob's languages and have spent over 20 years using previous works. It is a relationship built on trust in the concepts. Tackling a language take commitment so it is reassuring when it is built by a team that you trust.
- pjmlp 12y ago
  Except all those languages failed in the market until Google sponsorship came around.
  - SixSigma 12y ago
    Depends which market. They're used on IBM's Blue Gene, in Sandia Labs supercomputer centre, Los Alamos Super computer centre, at NASA JPL, ran the lighting at Sydney Olympics, are used in Lucent's mobile phones masts.
    - pjmlp 12y ago
      I didn't knew Alef and Limbo had so much users.
      - SixSigma 12y ago
        Limbo moreso than Alef. And Plan9's C dialect is also under Rob's tutelage.
        pjmlp 12y ago
        I was being ironic. Never saw Plan 9 and its eco-system having any commercial success. Actually, I wonder how much money Vita Nuova makes out from Inferno.
        SixSigma 12y ago
        Vita Nuova is now just one guy, Charles, but I know he makes a living himself working on/consulting for the systems I mentioned. His colleague Rog Peppe, now works for Canonical doing Go. As I mentioned, Plan9 is used on a few super computer systems for IBM and the DoD.

GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago

This industry doesn't need more cults of personality.

SixSigma 12y ago
I'm just answering the question with honesty and I'm not the only person using Go on the strength of Pike.