Comments on: Google’s new language: Go http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Expert http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-149787 Expert Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:12:25 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html#comment-149787 Yet another curly-brace language. After all, if a piece of code was difficult to write, it should be difficult to read. Yet another curly-brace language. After all, if a piece of code was difficult to write, it should be difficult to read.

]]> By: Gary http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-149218 Gary Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:58:22 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html#comment-149218 <blockquote cite="Co-inventor Rob Pike says [PDF] that Google’s Go is a response to the problem of long build times and uncontrolled dependencies; fast compilation is an important feature."> He's obviously never used Turbo Pascal/Delphi then? Fast build times? So what? The difference between a slow and fast build time isn't going to be hours its going to be minutes anyway. I'm interested in how my apps perform when they are *running* not when I'm compiling. And dependancies? Well as soon as you hook up your app to a database, which of course in the real world your going to have to do, regardless of that DB you are going to have dependancies straight-away. Seems pretty pointless to me.

He’s obviously never used Turbo Pascal/Delphi then? Fast build times? So what? The difference between a slow and fast build time isn’t going to be hours its going to be minutes anyway.

I’m interested in how my apps perform when they are *running* not when I’m compiling. And dependancies? Well as soon as you hook up your app to a database, which of course in the real world your going to have to do, regardless of that DB you are going to have dependancies straight-away.

Seems pretty pointless to me.

]]> By: Alan http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-149188 Alan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:34:37 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html#comment-149188 Why oh why does every language nowadays insist on using curly braces as block delimiters, instead of begin/end? Why? Why oh why does every language nowadays insist on using curly braces as block delimiters, instead of begin/end? Why?

]]> By: tim http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-149168 tim Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:43:39 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html#comment-149168 @David I know what you mean but it is quite descriptive! Tim @David I know what you mean but it is quite descriptive!

Tim

]]> By: David Heffernan http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html/comment-page-1#comment-149103 David Heffernan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:47 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/1959-googles-new-language-go.html#comment-149103 Personally I wouldn't want to use any language which named a part of the language "Goroutines"! Personally I wouldn’t want to use any language which named a part of the language “Goroutines”!

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