Re:Size visualization of Go executables using D3
by foldr on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:22PM
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> none of those are specifically signs of superior PL expertise.
If none of the things on that list is a sign of superior PL expertise, one would have to ask whether PL expertise is actually worth very much.
Multiple platforms for example are mainly about adoption (and not having much optimizations/assembly parts in the codebase, making it easier to port).
Fast compilation is something several languages manage. And being fast to compile because you don't do much (in the way of optimizations) is something most languages can manage.
"No dependencies" is also about adoption and resources (to replace popular dependencies). Nothing particular related to PL/compiler expertise about it.
Go never had a "good debugging" story, and it doesn't have the best performance either (e.g. compare with Rust, D, Crystal, etc). In certain areas like text processing it's even worse.