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Re:The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to ... by skybrian on Sunday March 27, 2016 @12:53PM (#11370564)
A big advantage for Go is that the standard library has been stable since 1.0 and there are no plans for breaking changes.

This appears not to be true for lodash.

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Re:The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to ... by jdd on Monday March 28, 2016 @02:23AM (#11372997)
Lodash introduces breaking changes in major version bumps (following semver).

So upgrades are optional and not pulling the rug out from underneath the feet of devs.

Major releases allows the project to make corrections and avoid carrying around years of baggage.

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Re:The Way of the Gopher: Making the Switch from Node.js to ... by skybrian on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @03:50PM (#11384334)
Yes, that's usually the best strategy for most of us.

But a standard library is a little different due to the sheer number of dependencies and level of coordination needed to upgrade them all. Go got it mostly right the first time, and the lack of churn is a major advantage.

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