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Re:Borgo Programming Language by cwalv on Friday November 29, 2024 @01:24PM (#42275858)
In my mind the fact that Go has Google behind it is the main reason it caught on (and quickly). It would have been completely ignored otherwise.
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Re:Borgo Programming Language by diggan on Friday November 29, 2024 @03:43PM (#42276964)
That + the individuals involved. Without the company backing + different (not already-"famous" [programmer famous]) people involved, it would have been completely ignored.
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Re:Borgo Programming Language by pjmlp on Saturday November 30, 2024 @12:11PM (#42282655)
Note that the same individuals weren't that lucky with Plan 9, Inferno and Limbo, or Oberon.

Employeer vibes matter.

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Re:Borgo Programming Language by anamexis on Friday November 29, 2024 @02:56PM (#42276589)
I think that's the point.
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