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0 pointspjmlp9y ago0 comments

Not only C++, there are plenty of options.

The only thing good about Go, is being an evolution path for C coders willing to embrace a GC and some type safety.

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One thing I can credit Go for is leading me from the untyped world to the typed one. I soon found the holes in the Go type system, and went looking for a stronger type system.

I now generally prefer Haskell.

snaky9y ago

If Go is from typed world, then Perl too.

Some magical built-in types (scalar, array, hash, typeglob, regexp, io handle) you cannot confuse, interface{} is scalar holding a reference, and built-in datatypes (arrays and hashes) are magical and you cannot construct something similar. Well, at least there's 'tie' mechanics in Perl after all that makes types extensible.

codygman9y ago

Go is more from the typed world than Python where I came from. It will tell you at compile time you are using a string rather than an int (unless you use interface{}).

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remus9y ago

>The only thing good about Go, is being an evolution path for C coders willing to embrace a GC and some type safety.

You say that like it's a small thing, but what proportion of bugs in C code does that cover? Im guessing you'd hit over 50%.

pjmlpOP9y ago

It is a small thing because there are other languages that offer the same safety with more features and lets face it, if a C coder is willing to embrace a GC enabled language there are lots to chose from, with AOT compilation to native code.

I just expected more from Google, specially if one compares to the other company sponsored languages.

snaky9y ago

Comparing apples to apples, the first compiler sponsored by 'other company' was PHP, so Go looks not that bad in comparison. Reason is second, and maybe Google's second language would be 1ML.

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codygman9y ago

One thing I can credit Go for is leading me from the untyped world to the typed one. I soon found the holes in the Go type system, and went looking for a stronger type system.

I now generally prefer Haskell.

snaky9y ago

If Go is from typed world, then Perl too.

codygman9y ago

Go is more from the typed world than Python where I came from. It will tell you at compile time you are using a string rather than an int (unless you use interface{}).

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remus9y ago

>The only thing good about Go, is being an evolution path for C coders willing to embrace a GC and some type safety.

You say that like it's a small thing, but what proportion of bugs in C code does that cover? Im guessing you'd hit over 50%.

pjmlpOP9y ago

I just expected more from Google, specially if one compares to the other company sponsored languages.

snaky9y ago

Comparing apples to apples, the first compiler sponsored by 'other company' was PHP, so Go looks not that bad in comparison. Reason is second, and maybe Google's second language would be 1ML.

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