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by azth 5y ago
> I can read code in this language and have a pretty good idea about what the generated machine code is like This is not true even for C. Secondly, it seems that its common in the golang community to parrot things that not only are incor
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by azth 5y ago
> More to the point, the notion of pointers referencing and dereferencing is a lower level concept than reference vs value types. The former is usually used to implement the latter. If the end result is the same, then the claim is really
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by azth 5y ago
Golang is anemic when it comes to modeling ability and expressiveness. I have come across so many code sections where having something like sealed classes and pattern matching or switch expressions would have made code so much readable and
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by azth 5y ago
GraalVM is not third party.
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by azth 5y ago
I never said it was rare or not. It is possible if you truly need fast startup times. The fact of the matter, the JVM is good enough for the vast majority of the use cases, and is faster than golang so no need to even go there.
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by azth 5y ago
I'm pointing out the inconsistencies in golang fans arguments which I've seen from the very beginning since it was touted as a "systems programming language" (which has been more or less silently changed since it wasn&#x
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by azth 5y ago
> Java does not perform better than Go, they're pretty much on par but I would say that overall Go is faster. Real world programs disagree. And for any large program, the JVM is a superior optimizer than golang's compiler. >
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by azth 5y ago
How is that relevant to the point whether a language is "closer to the metal" or not?
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by azth 5y ago
What does that have to do with being "closer to the metal"? Secondly, Java can be tuned, but its default mode of operation is to take up the most amount of memory it can in order to give you higher performance (thoughput and laten
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by azth 5y ago
Java (and C# I believe) can also compile to binaries. And golang has a runtime as well. Now what is the advantage again? The Java can compile to JVM bytecode and be better performing than golang, all while having superior introspection and
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by azth 5y ago
That statement is misleading. You can also compile Java natively. Secondly, there is most definitely a runtime "between the metal and the language" in golang, the GC being the most obvious. This proves my thoughts that these claim
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by azth 5y ago
You can know your class alignments in Java using tools like http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jol/ Having access to pointers is a superficiality. Java is getting value types, and C# already has them
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by azth 5y ago
Define "closer to the metal than Java". What exactly does that mean, and how exactly is that an advantage?
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by azth 5y ago
Just because they created an OS and a character encoding does not mean that they are automatically good at creating programming languages.
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by azth 5y ago
Simple: hype. I've seen it at an employer who heavily uses golang. Even a very high up key person in the org was not able to properly defend why the company was using it. It has its use cases, it's basically a faster python, and i
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by azth 5y ago
I firmly believe that the only reason golang gained traction and got to the point where it is today is that it had the Google branding behind it. As you point out, its design philosophy is overly simplistic to the point of being almost naiv
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by azth 5y ago
You're already assuming a conclusion with that question. Does everything have to be about apparent or obvious harm to be prohibited? Secondly, if we were to prove harm, would it deter you? The secular West has adopted the philosophy of
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by azth 5y ago
I don't believe in absolute freedom, that's the point.
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by azth 5y ago
Interaction is different from promoting their ideology, wouldn't you agree?
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by azth 5y ago
I'm not a Christian. "Religious figures" is a very vague term that is nonsensical.
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by azth 5y ago
Yes, and the woman has a right that her views are not discriminated against and that she is not forced to engage in spreading sin. You can't have it both ways if you claim absolute freedom. This is one major place where liberalism fall
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by azth 5y ago
> The New Testament compares homosexuality to greed and says that you won’t “inherit the kingdom of heaven.” So it says they will not enter heaven, why would you want to force her to go against what her religion tells her?
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by azth 5y ago
What's a "free society"? Like what the government did to the protestors in Canada?
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by azth 5y ago
Doing business with someone vs. promoting their ideology and helping them engage in sin are two very different issues. She can sell them a neutral website that does not promote homosexuality for instance, which is very different from making
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by azth 5y ago
Except that interracial marriage is not prohibited by Christianity.
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by azth 5y ago
Yes, they corrupted the bible and their religion, we know that, and that's the point I was making. The trinity being a major invention for example. However, that doesn't mean that there aren't remnants and fragments of Truth
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by azth 5y ago
False. Even if for the sake of argument people didn't have a choice over their sexuality, they do definitely have a choice in not engaging in same sex relationships. Just like someone with violent tendencies chooses not to go killing o
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by azth 5y ago
It's literally in their bible. Anyone claiming otherwise is not following it. All those institutions listed in the wikipedia article are not following their faith, but are modern liberalized watered down, and attempting to be hip and &
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by azth 5y ago
Race and sexual orientation are two very different things.
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by azth 5y ago
Homosexuality is literally prohibited by Christianity, not so inter racial marriage. And I know this as a non Christian.

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