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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by latch on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @09:04PM (#22243333)
> Go is purpose-built for writing web services

Is this true? Go was built specifically for C++ developers, which, even when Go was first release, was a pretty unpopular language for writing web services (though maybe not at Google?). That a non-trivial number of Ruby/Python/Node developers switched was unexpected. (1)

https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponenti...

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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by blondin on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @09:44PM (#22243535)
your quote is just corroborating what the reply is saying. go was written for web services which were written in c++ at google.
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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by latch on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @01:34AM (#22244518)
The linked article doesn't say anything about web services. Just C++. I believe Rob Pike was working on GFS and log management, and Go was always initially pitched at system programming (which is not web services).

> Our target community was ourselves, of course, and the broader systems-programming community inside Google. (1)

(1) http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1623555

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