Comment on Java is the COBOL of my generation and Go is its successorparentComments−pjmlp12yActually I think that given that they gave birth to one of the most unsafe languages on the planet, and publicly ranted against OO and FP languages during their career, they have choosen to ignore them as a political decision.−kyrra12yWhat makes it unsafe? The worst you can do is cause your program to panic (which you can recover).−iv_0812yHe's talking about C, not Go. Because Ken Thompson created B, the precursor of C.
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Actually I think that given that they gave birth to one of the most unsafe languages on the planet, and publicly ranted against OO and FP languages during their career, they have choosen to ignore them as a political decision.
What makes it unsafe? The worst you can do is cause your program to panic (which you can recover).
He's talking about C, not Go. Because Ken Thompson created B, the precursor of C.