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zozbot234 on Nov 25, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The two factions of C++

Golang is a great programming language if your alternative is Java, C# or scripting languages like Python/Ruby/etc. Not everything needs to be written in C++ or Rust from the outset. It's also reasonably possible to rewrite small codebases from Golang to, e.g. Rust for better performance.

guappa on Nov 25, 2024 [–]

It really isn't, no. It joins an awkward syntax with bad API design and terrible safeguards.

otabdeveloper4 on Nov 25, 2024 | [–]

Don't be so mean, it's definitely a step up from PHP.

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