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[Nmh-workers] Go versus Rust.
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Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
[Nmh-workers] Go versus Rust. |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:10:37 +0000 |
Hi Michael,
> I believe that GO will replace C++, Java and Python in many "system
> admin" and bigger systems like GNOME and the like. C# has already
> replaced on windows for UI stuff, and GO might make inroads among
> developers that didn't like C#.
You've ignored the existing inroads Go has made into C, with old-time C
programmers considering it good enough to move.
> GO is clearly optimized by google for google-scale things.
The motivation for Go was fast compilation of Google-scale *source*
compared with the many minutes for C++ despite their massive build
farms.
> I can't imagine implementing /bin/ls in GO. /bin/bash in GO? sure.
It was not designed for behemoth, `Google scale', programs and is just
fine for ls(1). There are many single-file Go programs on Github, for
example, that would have been C, Perl, or Python in the past. It has a
well-organised, consistent, large coverage, standard library, that,
thanks to the language's `interface', has parts play well with one
another, allowing them to be composed.
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Cheers, Ralph.
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