A case for Go as the best language for AI agents

Re:A case for Go as the best language for AI agents by littlestymaar on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:42PM (#47224558)

That matches with actual Rust use actually, I've worked with Rust since 2017 on multiple projects and the number of times I've used the lifetime annotation has been very limited.

It's actually rare to have to borrow something and keep the borrow in another object (is where lifetime happens), most (95% at least I'd say) of the time you borrow something and then drop the borrow, or move the thing.

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Re:A case for Go as the best language for AI agents by 0x3f on Monday March 02, 2026 @06:41PM (#47225894)

Yes, I basically do everything the lazy/thoughtless way for a first pass. I find in 99% of cases that's already performant enough and matches the intended data flow, but if you ever want to optimize it, you can. The same is also true with the types: you can bash out a prototype very quickly and then tighten them up later, using Clippy to easily find all the shortcuts you took.

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