Re:3.5 Years, 500k Lines of Go
by akerro on Friday March 24, 2017 @10:10AM
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Go was released in 2007, it's 10 years old. Rust is closer to be 5yo, it's 7yo according to wikipedia.
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Go was announced to the world on November 10th, 2009.
Re:3.5 Years, 500k Lines of Go
by jimktrains2 on Friday March 24, 2017 @10:16AM
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It only became stable in mid-2015.
Comparing 1.0's is a much better comparison, except in cases where there was huge adoption before 1.0.
Re:3.5 Years, 500k Lines of Go
by jimktrains2 on Friday March 24, 2017 @11:55AM
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I wouldn't say rust was hugely adopted before 1.0 (not that it's hugely adopted after, either).
Yes, sorry, wasn't saying that either Go or Rust were an exception, just trying to forestall the inevitable "but what about X thing that was used by everyone and is still 0.9" :)
For Go vs. Rust, I think a comparison of 1.0 releases is perfect.
I think gp meant that for some platforms it can make sense to count even 0.x releases (nodejs is the best example I think), even though for most it doesn't (including Rust and Go).