scottlamb

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   by scottlamb 13y ago

   Hey Alejo! You'd know more about Java's strengths than I would. I haven't really touched it since we parted teams. I just remember production pain... I'm sure the Go library situation will improve, and we can nudge that
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   by scottlamb 13y ago

   The build system we have now is significantly better than what was available at the time he mentioned (September 2007). IIRC back then the local machine was a significant bottleneck in dispatching work, storing intermediate build products,
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   by scottlamb 13y ago

   I program in C++ at Google. I won't make claims about "stellar". Here are a few Google-specific reasons Go hasn't replaced C++ for me: * The long C++ build times he was complaining about are mostly gone due to distribute
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   by scottlamb 13y ago

   The awk example is valid Perl. $ awk 'BEGIN { print "Hello, world!" }' Hello, world! $ perl -le 'BEGIN { print "Hello, world!" }' Hello, world!
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   by scottlamb 13y ago

   And don't underestimate "changing environment". As Brad said, "in 2007, using local disk wasn't restricted ... in 2012, containers get tiny % of local disk spindle time ... cluster file systems own disk time on your