Go performance from version 1.2 to 1.18

Re:Go performance from version 1.2 to 1.18 by mattgreenrocks on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:22PM (#30202428)

Given that Go's original raison d'etre was Internet-facing services, the choice for guaranteed linear time execution makes sense as a default.

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Re:Go performance from version 1.2 to 1.18 by jeffbee on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:31AM (#30203246)

That ... isn't really true at all. Go's original raison was logs processing.

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Re:Go performance from version 1.2 to 1.18 by alecthomas on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:02AM (#30204449)

I'd be interested in reading more about that. Do you have a reference?

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Re:Go performance from version 1.2 to 1.18 by icholy on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:49AM (#30207393)

I think they're referring to Rob Pike's Sawzall language. However, I wouldn't call Go a descendant of it.

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