New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's the big deal with Go (Golang)?
Ask HN: What's the big deal with Go (Golang)?
3 by coreyp_1 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Looking to the wisdom of the masses here, and trying to understand the use case for Go (as opposed to other languages). I have heard that it has faster compile times. I have heard that it's low-level. But I don't get why I should choose it over a language that I enjoy, such as C++ (for low-level control, particularly the modern incarnations of it). Can you help me to understand what the killer feature of Go is and under what circumstances I should consider using it? Likewise, what would be a poor application of the language? (Context: I'm not necessarily a language snob. I use C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, etc., and I know which I prefer for solving particular types of problems. I just don't understand why I might need Go. There's a longer story as to why I'm so concerned about using it or not, but that is for another time.) Thanks for your comments!
3 by coreyp_1 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Looking to the wisdom of the masses here, and trying to understand the use case for Go (as opposed to other languages). I have heard that it has faster compile times. I have heard that it's low-level. But I don't get why I should choose it over a language that I enjoy, such as C++ (for low-level control, particularly the modern incarnations of it). Can you help me to understand what the killer feature of Go is and under what circumstances I should consider using it? Likewise, what would be a poor application of the language? (Context: I'm not necessarily a language snob. I use C++, Python, JavaScript, Java, etc., and I know which I prefer for solving particular types of problems. I just don't understand why I might need Go. There's a longer story as to why I'm so concerned about using it or not, but that is for another time.) Thanks for your comments!
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