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Re:Go as an alternative to Node.js for very fast servers by threeseed on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @05:14PM (#6214323)
Two smart guys writing a programming language instantly gets you 30 years of maturity. Did I just wake up in some bizarro universe or something ?

And nobody cares if Go is being used for some tiny, insignificant part of the Google infrastructure. Get back to me when it is used for a stock exchange, betting site or complex web app.

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Re:Go as an alternative to Node.js for very fast servers by oijaf888 on Thursday August 15, 2013 @04:28AM (#6216709)
What stock exchange is powered by node.js?
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Re:Go as an alternative to Node.js for very fast servers by BitMastro on Thursday August 15, 2013 @06:44AM (#6217055)
dl.google.com handles all the downloads for google chrome, factory images for android, eclipse.. not exactly tiny and especially not insignificant

complex web app: Cloudfare https://www.cloudflare.com/railgun BBC http://www.quora.com/Go-programming-language/Is-Google-Go-re... Soundcloud http://backstage.soundcloud.com/2012/07/go-at-soundcloud/

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