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Re:The Problem with Go by jonahx on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:57PM (#33441164)
> composition vs inheritance

This is not a mild a difference in practice.

> .NET and Java, both garbage collected, are just as fast or faster with a much larger ecosystem.

Go executables don't require a runtime.

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Re:The Problem with Go by kcartlidge on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:51PM (#33442749)
> Go executables don't require a runtime.

Neither do .NET executables. Cross-platform single-file dependency-free.

(I really like Go, just clarifying because I really like C# too.)

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Re:The Problem with Go by WkndTriathlete on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:06PM (#33442910)
> Go executables don't require a runtime.

Sure they do, it just happens to be built into every single executable. Something has to manage the GC and coroutines for the application.

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