Re:Ten Years of “Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh
by nateb2022 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:26PM
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I would beg to differ.
On Github[0], Go currently sits at #3 for pull request volume (C# is at 10), #3 for stars (C# is at 8), #6 for pushes/commits (C# is at 10) and #6 for issues opened (C# is at 9). By each of those metrics, Go has a significantly more vibrant ecosystem than C#.
[0]: https://madnight.github.io/githut/#/pull_requests/2023/2
Re:Ten Years of “Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh
by o1y32 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:38PM
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If you like arbitrary metrics, here is another:
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#most-popular-technolog...
Re:Ten Years of “Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh
by Someone on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @04:48PM
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I would think that data is only about the publicly visible part of GitHub, and guess C# has relatively more activity in the dark part of GitHub.
Now, whether that would move C# over golang, I wouldn’t dare guess.
Re:Ten Years of “Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh
by kaba0 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @06:39PM
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https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2023/05/16/language-rankings-1-2...
This is one of the better rankings. But I would add that these will significantly underrepresent enterprise-type projects, where C# is often used. Some say that job listings give a more accurate picture, and while I didn’t look it up, I do believe that C# has more positions.
There are, of course, other benchmarks that rank c# above go, but benchmarks are flawed. I imagine people are comparing C# to go because it's got a pretty solid type system