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I think a lot of us miss the Go point. There is nothing special about Go. It's simple and just works. Every time I used Go for a project it just worked. No fu
by samora 11y ago
I think a lot of us miss the Go point.
There is nothing special about Go. It's simple and just works.
Every time I used Go for a project it just worked. No fuss. With very little effort. And that's the point.
- gambiter 11y agoBut that doesn't answer any of the (very valid) points raised in the article? Go is interesting as a replacement for a scripting language, perhaps. But it seems very lacking in many other areas. All of the points in the article, plus what libraries are available. I think some of it could be explained by it being a young language, but if that's the case, why is it getting the adoption it has so far? Just because it came from Google?
- rakoo 11y agoBecause it has allowed so many of us to significantly raise the ratio "Amount of time I care about my project"/"Amount of time I care about something other than my project (typically, the language itself)". Go is the poster child for Worse is Better. It's ugly, inconsistent, feels naughty at times (all those copy-pastes ! It's so un-DRY !) but it gets shit done.