Re:Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language”
by zemo on Monday May 27, 2019 @08:50PM
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> I think that's because you're considering people who are already programming in Go
um I talk to a lot of programmers that don't use Go. Most that don't use it decide not to use it because of either the type system ("it's not safe/expressive enough") or the garbage collector. I've never talked to someone that said "Go is technically good and I think it would be a good tool but I won't use it because of Google".
Re:Ian Lance Taylor's Response to “Go Is Google's Language”
by joemi on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:36PM
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That's fair. I only made that assumption because you specifically said "I have never encountered a Go programmer in real life that is actually mad about this"
As to your not encountering a Go programmer who's mad about this, I think that's because you're considering people who are already programming in Go. I suspect people who care never actually start using Go because of their thoughts on Google's involvement. (For the record, I too am fine with it, especially after reading Ian Lance Taylor's response.)