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Re:Reasons for using Golang by sid0 on Sunday June 12, 2011 @06:45AM (#2646254)
The Google hype for Go is fairly indirect: it's basically people hyping Go because it's "a language created by people at Google", as you say. Look at how the user who wrote that comment's completely star-struck -- "Go is well designed, in all apsects (sic)". It's as if he thinks it's a language straight from the Google heavens, gracing us mortals with its existence.
Re:Reasons for using Golang by burgerbrain on Sunday June 12, 2011 @09:18AM (#2646421)
If anything, Go's popularity has been driven primary by (entirely earned) Ken Thompson hype.
Re:Reasons for using Golang by flavoie on Sunday June 12, 2011 @11:21AM (#2646608)
Seriously? Every time I heard someone mention Go, they linked it to google to make it sounds as big as possible.
Re:Reasons for using Golang by dagw on Sunday June 12, 2011 @11:51AM (#2646667)
Seriously! When I first started hearing about Go, it was always in the context of Ken Thompson's new language (that he wrote while working at Google).
Re:Reasons for using Golang by burgerbrain on Sunday June 12, 2011 @12:23PM (#2646734)
Yes seriously. Ken Thompson's involvement in it is mentored, often exaggerated, in just about every introduction piece I see about it.

And to be brutally honest, its the only reason I initially even gave it a glance.

Re:Reasons for using Golang by benihana on Sunday June 12, 2011 @11:54AM (#2646673)
Maybe when it was first announced, Go was considered a language created by people at Google. Now it's more considered a language being written by Rob Pike and Ken Thompson.