Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang

Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by ForceBru on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:08AM (#42244259)

> A garbage collected relatively simple language that compiles into a statically linked binary and has a [good] type system

Yeah! Pattern matching too. What are currently available languages closest to this? AFAIK, Gleam relies on a virtual machine, but otherwise seems promising.

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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by blue_pants on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:16AM (#42244325)

Stretching 'currently available' a little, there's Roc lang [1]. Though still in development, you can use it for small personal projects. Another caveat is that it's a functional language, which could potentially hinder its wide adoption

[1] https://www.roc-lang.org/

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