News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A year with Go. Parent comment

Re:A year with Go by masklinn on Saturday June 06, 2015 @04:18AM (#9670120)
> And compared to Java, the fact that Go compiles to a native binary is a huge benefit.

Java has multiple native code compilers, how is it a benefit when Java can do the exact same thing? (FWIW I learned recently that C# also has at least one native code compiler).

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A year with Go by MattHarrington on Sunday June 07, 2015 @12:19PM (#9675259)
One option with C# Windows Store apps is that they can generate native code using something called ".NET Native". https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dotnetnative.aspx
[ Parent | on HN ]