It's Brian Kernighan, enough said. I am sold.
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The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
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Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#22I was a bit surprised by the length. Not a huge difference, but one of the best things about the K&R book was how short it was. But, I too have been been curious to look into Go. This might be the excuse I needed.
I'd say any length increase would be justified, Go does have a pretty large standard library...
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#23There's a common saying that, "Everything about Go is great - except the language".
I guess a book written by Kernighan himself shows how wonderful the ecosystem is.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#24No Kindle edition? :-(
Patience.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#25In my personal view, I find it disappointing that someone like Brian Kernighan, as a co-author of C, only got as far as Go. I would have loved it much more to see him working on a language like Rust, that actually seems to point to the future of programming languages (or does its best at it), while Go looks like a stopgap and a dead end right from the beginning.
Go seems a fine piece of engineering in so far as it directly implements Google politics & some of their technical interests, but it's of little use outside of that, despite all the hype. A pity, really.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#26Go, with its simplicity, is a gift from the generation of masters to today's professionals, but many of today's professionals appear too ignorant to see the wisdom of the language. It used to drive me crazy when I would read negative comments in r/programming and HN, but I don't even pay attention to the negative comments anymore. The adoption is far better than I was afraid it was going to be.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#27In my personal view, I find it disappointing that someone like Brian Kernighan, as a co-author of C, only got as far as Go. I would have loved it much more to see him working on a language like Rust, that actually seems to point to the future of programming languages (or does its best at it), while Go looks like a stopgap and a dead end right from the beginning. Go seems a fine piece of engineering in so far as it di…
I've had tons of fun with Go, and I've also used it in real production code!
I don't think it is really fair to say he "only" made it this far. It's something that actually brings enjoyment and productivity to possibly millions of people!
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#28In my personal view, I find it disappointing that someone like Brian Kernighan, as a co-author of C, only got as far as Go. I would have loved it much more to see him working on a language like Rust, that actually seems to point to the future of programming languages (or does its best at it), while Go looks like a stopgap and a dead end right from the beginning. Go seems a fine piece of engineering in so far as it di…
Why... that isn't what they do. There are people more qualified that actually are working on the future.
More qualified because Kernighan isn't a programming languages researcher, what he has done and does may be great, but just because he is great in one section of computer science doesn't mean there is any reason to expect or even want him or others to venture into other sections just because.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#29I've not been a huge fan of Go (more of a Rust person). However, seeing these authors, I'm now itching to get my hands on a copy of this book and give Go another shot. I wish I didn't have to wait until the summer for it! Edit: Also, I realize it's unfair to compare Rust to Go, since they really fill two different PL niches. I actually think there is plenty of room for both languages. By my statement above, I just me…
Hopefully they'll do one for Rust, too, next.
Re: The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
#30Go, with its simplicity, is a gift from the generation of masters to today's professionals, but many of today's professionals appear too ignorant to see the wisdom of the language. It used to drive me crazy when I would read negative comments in r/programming and HN, but I don't even pay attention to the negative comments anymore. The adoption is far better than I was afraid it was going to be.
Two words: error handling and generics.