Why Go gets criticized so much

Post by talles » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:03 PM UTC

blueprint wrote: post #124

dudul wrote: post #24

Couldn't this argument be made about all languages? People into dynamically typed languages would have statically typed languages for the same "don't touch my identity!" reason. I personally don't "hate" go. To be honest, I have barely read 20 lines of go ever. But I do not like the idea of a language specifically designed to limit my possibilities. I want to keep seeing "programming" as an art and a creative activit…

Nature works in the same way that it limits us to the fact that an effect can only be obtained by its commensurate cause. Anything is possible through that law as long as the appropriate cause can be formed.

Post by steveklabnik » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:05 PM UTC

Lewisham wrote: post #110

Disclaimer: I work at El Goog. I recently moved teams so that I could use Go exclusively. It's often been said that Go solves the problems Google developers have, and it's 110% true. It's much easier to get things working, and it's much easier to write things like Protocol Buffers. But the key for me is that Go isn't fun in the sense of "wow, I'm so smart that I managed to one line this thing", it's fun in the "wow I…

Post by kazinator » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:10 PM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #164

RodgerTheGreat wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it's clearly wrong, can you articulate a reason? There is at least one (mild) argument in favor of opening a curly brace on the same line: code takes up less vertical space, allowing a programmer to view more of their program on a given screen at once.

I use both styles in the same code: if (simple_condition) { } else { } for (long and stuffed; expressions; here) { } if ((complicated || multi_line) && condition) { } void function() { } In an if, all the "else if" and "else" clauses have to follow the same style. If any is braced, they all have to be. By the way, is grandparent kidding about Go enforcing this? The only language I can think of which enforces curly br…

  if (simple_condition) {
    code;
  }

  if ((complicated ||
       multi_line)
      && condition)
  {
    code;
  }

  if (...
  [INDENT]code

  {
  [INDENT]code

  while (blah
         blah
         blah) {
    code
  }

Post by ufo » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:12 PM UTC

EugeneOZ wrote: post #61

Article didn't convince me to think following arguments are wrong: * Go is a language stuck in the 70’s. * Go ignores 40 years of programming language research. I tried to use Go and was shocked how they can use it without package manager, without generics, with so brittle concept of channels, with executable comments in code and with so authoritative model of taking decisions about language evolution. So I still thi…

Post by glennsl » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:16 PM UTC

titzer wrote: post #142

glennsl wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't dislike Go. I just think there are zero use cases where Go is the best choice. But what I do dislike is when people try to hype and con others into adopting a language to justify and increase the return on their own time investment.

> But what I do dislike is when people try to hype and con others into adopting a language to justify and increase the return on their own time investment. The same can be said of any programming language community, IMHO.