Comment on Choosing Go to implement the new GOV.UK routerparentComments−rossj12yI asked on twitter, and got a reasonable response. Investing in learning Scala is a much longer term thing than learning Go (which is, in their experience, a much quicker thing to do).−CmonDev12yBecause you always need to use all the features the language provides. Simpler -> limited.−rossj12yC is much simpler than Scala, is it more limited?−CmonDev12yIn it's expressive ability - definitely. In terms of implementing stuff, everything that is Turing-complete could be used.
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I asked on twitter, and got a reasonable response. Investing in learning Scala is a much longer term thing than learning Go (which is, in their experience, a much quicker thing to do).
Because you always need to use all the features the language provides. Simpler -> limited.
C is much simpler than Scala, is it more limited?
In it's expressive ability - definitely. In terms of implementing stuff, everything that is Turing-complete could be used.