Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang

Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by pansa2 on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @06:00AM (#42244591)

> Go is seeing adoption that no other “new” language has exactly because of its simplicity

Yes - for me, the simplicity is essential. As a part-time programmer, I don't have months to spend learning C++ or Rust.

If my project needs to compile to small(-ish) standalone binaries for multiple platforms (ruling out Python, Ruby, Java, C#, etc) what simple alternative language is there? Plain C?

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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by martindevans on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @07:56AM (#42245290)

C# can compile standalone binaries for multiple platforms.

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Re:Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang by acdha on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @08:31AM (#42245545)

Basic Rust doesn’t take months to learn, especially when you’re not trying to do things like distributing crates to other people. I found the compiler to be enough more helpful than Go’s to make them roughly time-equivalent for the subset of common features, especially for a simple CLI tool.

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