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Go version 1 is released

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Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by ethereal »

chc wrote: post #70
huhtenberg wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

répertoire Never gave much thought to Go's UTF8 support, but this makes me think that it might've been better limited just to the string literals. The last thing I want is to patch other person's code by copy-pasting original variable and function names, because all I have is a standard US keyboard locale.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Somebody really just needs to clone Apple's input method on Linux and Windows. Then you don't need to copy and paste — "é" is just one more keystroke than normal "e", option-e-e. This alone solves probably 95% of the international issues I encounter to the satisfaction of everyone involved.

I believe that is the purpose of the AltGr [0] key, is it not?

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key#US_international

Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by insertnickname »

Meai wrote: post #5

I'm still wishing that we could embed Go into a multithreaded c application, just like we can with the JVM and Mono. I would like to use Go as a "scripting" language. I have seen a thread in the mailing list that someone was working on it on a personal basis, but I can't find it anymore. It doesn't seem to be in high demand.

Why not just write all of it in Go?

Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by espeed »

masterponomo wrote: post #56
SpoonMeiser wrote: post #18

"We're announcing Go version 1, or Go 1 for short" I foresee the next version being considered harmful.

Ahem. Beat you by a mile (or 173 days): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3085082

In case anyone is wondering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful

Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by groovy2shoes »

chc wrote: post #70
huhtenberg wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

répertoire Never gave much thought to Go's UTF8 support, but this makes me think that it might've been better limited just to the string literals. The last thing I want is to patch other person's code by copy-pasting original variable and function names, because all I have is a standard US keyboard locale.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Somebody really just needs to clone Apple's input method on Linux and Windows. Then you don't need to copy and paste — "é" is just one more keystroke than normal "e", option-e-e. This alone solves probably 95% of the international issues I encounter to the satisfaction of everyone involved.

On X11, the keymap can be set to "US International" which is the same as a stock US layout but with deadkeys and an AltGr key. I find it to be even easier than Apple's input method.

Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by fmstephe »

exch wrote: post #40

I've been using Go for 2 years now. It's been a lot of fun. It certainly brought fun back into programming for me. Very happy to see the 1.0 release hitting the public. Congratulations to the Go team and contributors for a job very well done!

My god. Go is _so_ much fun to program. Apart from it's technical pedigree this is its most remarkable feature.

Re: Go version 1 is released

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Post by ootachi »

iamgopal wrote: post #19

How good is go compare to c/c++ ? ( in terms of speed especially ? ) Can we now say that Google Chrome can be written in Go and it will be faster and/or stable ? ( not saying it is not already. ). Congrats to the team, just started using go yesterday and loving it.

Chrome could not be written in Go, due to the stop-the-world GC. 200ms GC pauses are completely unacceptable for a web browser.
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