Python past, present, and future with Guido van Rossum [audio]

Re:Python past, present, and future with Guido van Rossum [a... by bryanlarsen on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:47AM (#13714220)

I would argue that Go is very much a 90s language. It has none of the benefits of a 21st century language, none of the (as yet mostly unknown) drawbacks of a 21st century language, and fixes the drawbacks of 90s languages that we've learned over the last 25 years.

This definitely should not be interpreted as a slight on Go, many people would very happily trade that lack of benefits to get that lack of drawbacks.

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Re:Python past, present, and future with Guido van Rossum [a... by dilap on Thursday February 23, 2017 @10:39AM (#13714713)

Yeah, Go is more of a "synthesis" language, trying to conservatively use proven-out techniques in a very refined, cohesive whole. To me it is still "post-90s"; see my response to zephyrfalcon for details. :)

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