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Reading this I feel Go is boring, and that's an asset. Let me explain. Seeing [what's happening in Haskell (GHC)](https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/20

by cies 12y ago

Reading this I feel Go is boring, and that's an asset. Let me explain. Seeing [what's happening in Haskell (GHC)](https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2014-October/006518.html https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2014-October/0065...), which is soooo much more exciting; but then I totally understand that "exciting" is what you want to stay away from in some cases. In these cases a Go is a much better choice I guess.

laumars 12y ago
I often describe Go as being boring as a positive asset. For example, when people what makes Go special, I say "it's not better than any specific language at specific things, but generally better than most languages at general things." Which is extremely dull, but most of the time you do just want something straightforward, stable and ordinary when you have normal development projects. So I think Go is an extremely dull language - but personally I think that's what makes it so good.
- pmelendez 12y ago
  I tend to think like that about C#, the thing is I feel like there are already many dull, private company managed, programming languages out there to make me curious enough to use it in real life.
  - jff 12y ago
    Reminds me of how I described C# to someone the other day: "If you really want to write Windows programs, I'd rather do C# than the alternatives."
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    - pjmlp 12y ago
      And with .NET Native even more so.
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  - cies 12y ago
    If C# is boring then they have copied that from Java. :) And Java for an OO lang, after C++, is pretty boring...
bsg75 12y ago
Also in Julia: http://thisweekinjulia.github.io/julia/2014/10/10/October-10.html http://thisweekinjulia.github.io/julia/2014/10/10/October-10... Boring has its place.
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pkulak 12y ago
I wrote a couple large projects in Go when 1.0 came out. Since then I've kinda kept of with the language, but not very closely. When I notice there's a new version, I recompile my existing projects in the new version and they tend to speed up a bit and use a bit less memory, but they have never broken. I love boring. :D

by cies 12y ago

laumars 12y ago

I often describe Go as being boring as a positive asset. For example, when people what makes Go special, I say "it's not better than any specific language at specific things, but generally better than most languages at general things." Which is extremely dull, but most of the time you do just want something straightforward, stable and ordinary when you have normal development projects. So I think Go is an extremely dull language - but personally I think that's what makes it so good.

pmelendez 12y ago
I tend to think like that about C#, the thing is I feel like there are already many dull, private company managed, programming languages out there to make me curious enough to use it in real life.
- jff 12y ago
  Reminds me of how I described C# to someone the other day: "If you really want to write Windows programs, I'd rather do C# than the alternatives."
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  - pjmlp 12y ago
    And with .NET Native even more so.
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- cies 12y ago
  If C# is boring then they have copied that from Java. :) And Java for an OO lang, after C++, is pretty boring...

bsg75 12y ago

Also in Julia: http://thisweekinjulia.github.io/julia/2014/10/10/October-10.html http://thisweekinjulia.github.io/julia/2014/10/10/October-10... Boring has its place.

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pkulak 12y ago

I wrote a couple large projects in Go when 1.0 came out. Since then I've kinda kept of with the language, but not very closely. When I notice there's a new version, I recompile my existing projects in the new version and they tend to speed up a bit and use a bit less memory, but they have never broken. I love boring. :D