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I am not interested in really learning another programming language, and from the looks of it, the productivity claim is questionable. Not only can many of the

I am not interested in really learning another programming language, and from the looks of it, the productivity claim is questionable. Not only can many of the examples they show be done in fewer lines of code in other languages, but you also do not need to re-learn the languages you already know. Many programming languages offer many of the features they are mentioning as useful so why learn yet another programming language unless it truly has something useful to offer that does not already exist. As one person stated, it has braces. I like braces for the purpose of organization, but I dislike variable declarations because it only serves to clutter the code and sometimes decreases productivity. The programming language needs to become more productivity oriented, and I do not think Go accomplishes this goal. Developers want to be creative with their code, but they would probably rather be more creative with their projects instead.

jacquesm 17y ago
This is hacker news, learning new programming languages and learning about them or thinking about them is part of what hacking is all about (at least for me it is). If you think that programming languages are a 'done deal' then try to ignore the last 15 years or so and see what you're left with. Sure, we're not much closer to the holy grail of programming in absolute terms, but new languages (erlang, clojure, ruby, python to name a few) have definitely incrementally changed the perspective we have of programming, and have opened up more fruitful ways of building certain classes of applications.
- Freebytes 17y ago
  When I stated "I am not interested in really learning another programming language", I should have worded it more clearly. "I am not interested in learning this particular programming language because it does not seem to be a step above existing languages. It seems outdated before it has even been released. Simply because something has big names behind it does not mean the product is automatically superior to others. I intend to learn other languages, of course, but I do not intend to waste my time.

jacquesm 17y ago

This is hacker news, learning new programming languages and learning about them or thinking about them is part of what hacking is all about (at least for me it is). If you think that programming languages are a 'done deal' then try to ignore the last 15 years or so and see what you're left with. Sure, we're not much closer to the holy grail of programming in absolute terms, but new languages (erlang, clojure, ruby, python to name a few) have definitely incrementally changed the perspective we have of programming, and have opened up more fruitful ways of building certain classes of applications.

Freebytes 17y ago
When I stated "I am not interested in really learning another programming language", I should have worded it more clearly. "I am not interested in learning this particular programming language because it does not seem to be a step above existing languages. It seems outdated before it has even been released. Simply because something has big names behind it does not mean the product is automatically superior to others. I intend to learn other languages, of course, but I do not intend to waste my time.