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Re: Six years of Go

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Post by sidcool » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:03 PM UTC

chrshawkes wrote: post #19

csears wrote: post #16

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Compared to what other new language?

maybe not specific to language, but compared to projects like Angular, React etc... Go has much less traction. Swift is a new language and is already much more widely used.

Angular, React etc. are not languages. Comparing Apples to Oranges my friend.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by chrshawkes » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:03 PM UTC

hahainternet wrote: post #22

chrshawkes wrote: post #19

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maybe not specific to language, but compared to projects like Angular, React etc... Go has much less traction. Swift is a new language and is already much more widely used.

https://twitter.com/jamwt/status/629727590782099456 What the heck are you talking about. Who uses Swift on this sort of scale? This is just one of the many MANY large companies using Go to power their core infrastructure.

Go brings some good things to the table, yes. I've seen it's popularity rise in recent years, but it seems to be rising slowly. There are a ton of companies that can be listed for almost every technology.

Node is another technology I would put ahead of Go as far as adoption. Maybe Go will get better, to me, it's too different than a lot of what I see day to day with Java, C#, Python, JavaScript and on and on. The part I love about Go is that it handles garbage collection, other than that, it's atrocious looking C like code.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by hahainternet » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:05 PM UTC

chrshawkes wrote: post #32

hahainternet wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://twitter.com/jamwt/status/629727590782099456 What the heck are you talking about. Who uses Swift on this sort of scale? This is just one of the many MANY large companies using Go to power their core infrastructure.

Go brings some good things to the table, yes. I've seen it's popularity rise in recent years, but it seems to be rising slowly. There are a ton of companies that can be listed for almost every technology. Node is another technology I would put ahead of Go as far as adoption. Maybe Go will get better, to me, it's too different than a lot of what I see day to day with Java, C#, Python, JavaScript and on and on. The par…

> Go brings some good things to the table, yes. I've seen it's popularity rise in recent years, but it seems to be rising slowly. There are a ton of companies that can be listed for almost every technology.

Then name any company using Swift to the level Dropbox uses Go, or retract your claim.

Go code looks nothing like C other than general brace styling. I can't decide if you're trolling or just genuinely this ignorant.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by adrianlmm » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

Despite the hype in the beginning, it never caught my attention.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by lsllc » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

I've used Golang extensively for a few years now anywhere from ARM/Linux to x64/cloud based containers (and I admit, occasionally on Windows!). It's really a great platform, very robust and has an excellent ecosystem. I can't recommend it more highly.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by woah » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:09 PM UTC

kasey_junk wrote: post #17

kris-s wrote: post #12

I picked up the new Go book (gopl.io) and have had a lot of fun going through it. The prevailing feeling of Go is "getting things done". I also write a little Go program every day as practice. If you want a sample of some Go. https://github.com/kris-s/daily-go

> The prevailing feeling of Go is "getting things done". This is a common refrain amongst go proponents and I find it quite distasteful. It either implies those of us who prefer other languages aren't "getting things done" or those who feel productive in Go aren't smart/hard-working/educated/etc enough to "get things done" in other languages. I don't think either is true. I think a more accurate way to look at Go is…

It's true though. Go has a small number of language features, and they are only the simplest ones. It can be learned in a day. Other languages like JS, Ruby, and Python have a big fixation on figuring out the prettiest syntax for stuff (JS promises and chaining etc, "Pythonicness", and Ruby's incessant cuteness). In Go, you can't really make things pretty, so you just bang out code.

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by johnydepp » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:09 PM UTC

I tried Goland for two of my personal projects. Initially I thought I will get used to the new syntax, but it never happened. It may have certain performance-edge over other languages but I wouldn't call it a modern language. I find coding in C more fun than Golang..

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by hahainternet » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:10 PM UTC

johnydepp wrote: post #37

I tried Goland for two of my personal projects. Initially I thought I will get used to the new syntax, but it never happened. It may have certain performance-edge over other languages but I wouldn't call it a modern language. I find coding in C more fun than Golang..

I picked up Go because C frustrated me so much. Can you give some examples as to why you prefer C?

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by aacanakin » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:11 PM UTC

chrshawkes wrote: post #19

csears wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compared to what other new language?

maybe not specific to language, but compared to projects like Angular, React etc... Go has much less traction. Swift is a new language and is already much more widely used.

In a golang conference, the presenter talking about youtube's vitess said: "If vitess servers are down, then youtube is down. That's how golang is crucial for youtube"

Re: Six years of Go

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Post by woah » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:12 PM UTC

chrshawkes wrote: post #19

csears wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compared to what other new language?

maybe not specific to language, but compared to projects like Angular, React etc... Go has much less traction. Swift is a new language and is already much more widely used.

Not going to debate your claim, but Swift is an unfair comparison, as it is practically forced upon you if you want develop for one of the most important platforms today (you can of course still write stuff in objC, but Apple has made it clear that you'd better learn Swift).