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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by randomdata on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:14PM (#38874045)
> It certainly isn't viable as systems programming language

It is perfectly viable as a systems programming language. Remember, systems are the alternative to scripts. Go is in no way a scripting language...

You must be involved in Rust circles? They somehow became confused about what systems are, just as they became confused about what enums are. That is where you will find the odd myths.

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by leoc on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:47PM (#38874291)
It’s all admittedly a somewhat handwaving discussion, but in ‘systems programming’ ‘systems’ is generally understood to be opposite to ‘applications’, not ‘scripts’.
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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by randomdata on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:52PM (#38874334)
All software is application. That’s what software is for!
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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by bmicraft on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:27PM (#38874596)
I wouldn't consider a driver an application
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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by randomdata on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:30PM (#38874620)
application: the action of putting something into operation

What's a driver if not something that carries out an action of putting something (an electronic device, typically) into operation?

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by kazinator on Friday January 05, 2024 @01:59AM (#38876517)
We live in an age in which a PC running an OS, which has drivers in it, is something that can be done by Javascript in a browser.
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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by cdogl on Thursday January 04, 2024 @07:20PM (#38874087)
Indeed - I’ve seen this refrain about “systems programming” countless times. I’m not sure how one can sustain the argument that a “system” is only an OS kernel, network stack or graphics driver.
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