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0 pointskrzat9y ago0 comments

People want non-GC language because everyone already has GC language that their are comfortable with.

So basically C/C++ replacement is the only niche that is left to fill. It would be even better if new language could replace even GC-languages, so I can can write fast low level libraries or websites in single language, without sacrificing productivity. That would be the Holy Grail I guess.

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kminehart9y ago

On the other hand, Go has an excellent garbage collector, and really seems to fill the niche for low-level libraries and programs.

It's also quite a joy to program in, and I'm a JavaScript developer, so I'm coming from the other side of the spectrum.

tyoverby9y ago

I'd argue that Go is much closer to Javascript than it is to C/C++.

pjmlp9y ago

I think Niklaus Wirth would disagree.

lmm9y ago

Have you ever used a language with a decent type system though? I couldn't stand to use Javascript or Go at this point.

kminehart9y ago

Of course. I've used C pretty extensively, Java enough to hate it, and C#.

I consider myself a javascript developer because that's what I've done my best work in and that's what I enjoy the most.

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0 pointskrzat9y ago0 comments

People want non-GC language because everyone already has GC language that their are comfortable with.

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kminehart9y ago

On the other hand, Go has an excellent garbage collector, and really seems to fill the niche for low-level libraries and programs.

It's also quite a joy to program in, and I'm a JavaScript developer, so I'm coming from the other side of the spectrum.

tyoverby9y ago

I'd argue that Go is much closer to Javascript than it is to C/C++.

pjmlp9y ago

I think Niklaus Wirth would disagree.

lmm9y ago

Have you ever used a language with a decent type system though? I couldn't stand to use Javascript or Go at this point.

kminehart9y ago

Of course. I've used C pretty extensively, Java enough to hate it, and C#.

I consider myself a javascript developer because that's what I've done my best work in and that's what I enjoy the most.

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