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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by btilly on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:12PM (#37179790)
Given who invented it, Go can be thought of as, "What C might have been if we could have done it."

Go really is in many ways more similar to early C in spirit than modern C is.

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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by anthk on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:52PM (#37181183)
Go it's modelled after plan9'C [1-9]c = go cross compiling, and Limbo so it has a lot of sense. Both come from the same people after all. Unix->Unix8 -> Plan9 -> Go.
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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness by akshayshah on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:55PM (#37181215)
Expanding this for those not familiar with Go's history: Ken Thompson, formerly of Bell Labs and co-creator of B and Unix, was deeply involved in Go's early days. Rob Pike, also ex-Bell Labs, was also one of Go's principal designers.

I can't find a source now, but I believe Rob described Russ Cox as "the only programmer I've met as gifted as Ken." High praise indeed.

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