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The biggest factor probably was that Rob Pike had basically been prototyping the language for 20 years. (But google's name certainly helped.)
by peterfirefly 12y ago
The biggest factor probably was that Rob Pike had basically been prototyping the language for 20 years.
(But google's name certainly helped.)
- vanderZwan 12y agoNot to take anything away from your comment on this being a language that has been brewing for years, but people really should give Robert Griesemer more credit for his influence on the language design. I know he's the least publically visible of the three, but IIRC godoc and gofmt are mostly his babies. After getting used to those I think I miss them more in other languages than I miss the concurrency.
- Supermighty 12y agoWell said. Rob Pike is explicit about early Go development; everything that went into Go was agreed upon by Robert, Ken, and Rob. If all three didn't agree it didn't go in.