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Compared to what? Java at the time Go was introduced? Sure. Java now? Um, I think I'd probably rather use modern Java than Go, thanks (although I'd probably reach for Clojure instead). And I'm a Python guy ...
Go solved one problem well (compilation times of large codebases) and was the first introduction for a lot of programmers to any solution for concurrency.
Everything else is kinda ... mediocre.
But, let me be as nice as I can be. Go solves programming problems that large companies have. Sound like several familiar languages of the past?
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Compared to what? Java at the time Go was introduced? Sure. Java now? Um, I think I'd probably rather use modern Java than Go, thanks (although I'd probably reach for Clojure instead). And I'm a Python guy ...
Go solved one problem well (compilation times of large codebases) and was the first introduction for a lot of programmers to any solution for concurrency.
Everything else is kinda ... mediocre.
But, let me be as nice as I can be. Go solves programming problems that large companies have. Sound like several familiar languages of the past?