Re:Would you consider replacing Ruby with Rust instead of Go?
by pcwalton on Monday November 16, 2015 @07:17PM
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> Go would be decent for applications asymptotically approaching web browsers if the user interface options were better.
No, it wouldn't. Browsers are too performance critical. You need an industrial-strength optimization pipeline in the compiler, and even having a GC is risky.
(There are numerous other smaller-but-still-critical reasons why Go's design prevents it from working as the implementation language for a competitive browser, but these two are the biggest show-stoppers.)
No, it wouldn't. Browsers are too performance critical. You need an industrial-strength optimization pipeline in the compiler, and even having a GC is risky.
(There are numerous other smaller-but-still-critical reasons why Go's design prevents it from working as the implementation language for a competitive browser, but these two are the biggest show-stoppers.)