Google Go: Fischer Price’s My First Programming Languageelfsternberg.com 8 pointsgolyi7 years ago3 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−zimpenfish7yAlmost all the great software of the last 25 years was written in C or C++.Yes, because until relatively recently (~5y) there was bugger all else to choose for writing complex high performance software.A developer working in Go [...] will always be a mediocre programmerThis is just the "blub language" elitist nonsense transposed with Rust as LISP.−mmoez7yThe takeaway from the article to which I tend to agree:"No one will ever write great software in Go."−karmakaze7yThe ex-Googlers chose Go to make CockroachDB on top of RocksDB. Use what makes sense. Use common sense don't pay any mind to dogma.
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Yes, because until relatively recently (~5y) there was bugger all else to choose for writing complex high performance software.
This is just the "blub language" elitist nonsense transposed with Rust as LISP.
The takeaway from the article to which I tend to agree:
"No one will ever write great software in Go."
The ex-Googlers chose Go to make CockroachDB on top of RocksDB. Use what makes sense. Use common sense don't pay any mind to dogma.