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Go is still not good

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644 points ustad | 3 comments | 22 Aug 25 09:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | source
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tonyhart7 ◴[22 Aug 25 14:34 UTC] No.44985186[source]▶
Yeah the language doesn't feel next gen

I can see why people pick it but its major step up in convenience rather than major step up in evolution programming language itself

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1. cyberpunk ◴[22 Aug 25 15:07 UTC] No.44985550[source]▶
I've written a fair chunk of go in $dayjob and I have t say it's just... Boring. I know that sounds like a weird thing to complain about, but I just can't get enthused for anything I write in go. It's just.. Meh. Not sure why that is, guess it doesn't really click for me like other languages have in the past.

It's a good language for teams, for sure, though.

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2. nasretdinov ◴[22 Aug 25 15:37 UTC] No.44985884[source]▶
No, it's absolutely meant to be boring by design. It's also a downside, obviously, but it's easily compensated by working on something that's already challenging. The language standing out of your way is quite useful in such cases
3. prisenco ◴[22 Aug 25 16:08 UTC] No.44986289[source]▶
Go being boring is exactly why I use it.