Learn X in Y minutes where X = Go

Re:Learn X in Y minutes where X = Go by cliveowen on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @07:44AM (#6326800)

Wow, I didn't expect to get a response from an actual Googler, working on Go no less. Anyhow, I also remember when people were saying that Java was a fun language to work with, but I still have to find a single engineer who doesn't think of it as slightly more than a pain in the ass. It's all a matter of right-sizing expectations; using and objective language keeps you from being called out should those expectations fail to be matched.

That said, I've already professed my love for the Go language, which I consider the spiritual successor of the C programming language.

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Re:Learn X in Y minutes where X = Go by aeden on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @09:15AM (#6327302)

Java was fun to play with back in the early days. It was fast, had a VM, garbage collection and was OO. Sadly the fun was gradually removed over the years as a result of design-by-committee and a desire to try to solve some of its core issues.

Fortunately you can still have fun on the JVM, even though I prefer to avoid it these days given its current custodians.

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Re:Learn X in Y minutes where X = Go by enneff on Thursday September 05, 2013 @05:28AM (#6333030)

I remember Java being fun, too. It's a shame its ecosystem got so severely over-engineered.

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