Go: A Second Impression
My initial impressions of Go have always been somewhat negative because I was comparing it to things like Scala, Haskell, and Python. However, having read a good part of the tutorial, I've changed my opinion. I really like Go!
Go doesn't try to be an extension of C to make it more like Smalltalk--that's Objective C. Go doesn't try to be the end-all-be-all of object-oriented languages derived from C--that's Scala.
Since it neither maintains backwards compatibility with C nor adds a ton of features, I originally had a hard time getting excited about Go. Now I see that Go is a modern language that tries to follow what I think of as C's philosophy. It's simple, elegant, small, and native.
There's an old saying:
Go doesn't try to be an extension of C to make it more like Smalltalk--that's Objective C. Go doesn't try to be the end-all-be-all of object-oriented languages derived from C--that's Scala.
Since it neither maintains backwards compatibility with C nor adds a ton of features, I originally had a hard time getting excited about Go. Now I see that Go is a modern language that tries to follow what I think of as C's philosophy. It's simple, elegant, small, and native.
There's an old saying:
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise men of old. Seek what they sought.I think that perfectly describes Go.
- Matsuo Munefusa (”Basho”)
Comments
After revisiting it, and seeing the platform mature quite a bit in such a short time, I definitely see Go as a contender in years to come....especially with more and more computational work being tasked to smaller and smaller devices. I dont think Go fully supports ARM architectures yet, but when it does, the user base will surely take a jump.
Good point ;)