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Re:Open Sourcing Our Go Libraries (2014) by coldtea on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:42AM (#8845265)
>the first line is praising the language, it just didn't suit their needs anymore.

Well, praise for a language is telling people how it suits your needs, so...

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Re:Open Sourcing Our Go Libraries (2014) by simonh on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:56AM (#8845369)
Apparently it suits their needs quite well:

>For clarification, Dropbox will continue to develop majority of its features in Python.

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Re:Open Sourcing Our Go Libraries (2014) by TillE on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:53AM (#8845351)
I use C++ because it meets several key needs that other languages don't. That really isn't praise. I like C++, but it's not wonderful and perfect. It's just the right tool for the job.
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Re:Open Sourcing Our Go Libraries (2014) by hunt on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:49AM (#8845308)
It's certainly possible to praise a language without it suiting your needs.
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