And I look forward to the day where something isn't amazing just because it runs on the JVM - we're all different I guess.
/Casper On Nov 11, 10:34 pm, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > There is probably a relationship between the name being difficult to > search for and the fact they didn't find the earlier language. :o) > > Personally I look forward to a day when the industry doesn't stand > around Google like a toilet training toddler, applauding and cheering > every time something gets 'delivered'. > > Sorry for the imagery, my son is going through this process at the > moment (That's toilet training, not producing programming languages > for Google). > > On Nov 11, 8:52 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From what I hear I'm guessing go is designed as a replacement for C. > > As in, for situations where you'd currently use C and not java or > > python. So, kernels and device drivers. Given that google is doing the > > chrome OS thing, and given that it's the authors of unix of all things > > that are behind this language, that makes some sense. > > > I, personally, don't care, as that's not the kind of programming I do, > > but coming up with something that's a lot better than C has got to be > > a nice thing for those who DO care. And, in such an environment, > > manually checking error codes isn't that bad. > > > Which means there's only one thing that is really really stupid about > > the go programming language: The name. > > > It's not just a silly name that is not searchable, it's also the name > > of an existing obscure programming language. That guy is > > understandably pissed. I would be, even if my little toy language is > > languishing in obscurity, and even if I'm beating myself up for > > picking such a silly name, it's morally incorrect for google to just > > waltz all over his name because they are bigger. I'll be using this as > > a litmus test of google's Don't Be Evil mantra. They are still in the > > phase that they can do the right thing here and swap names. Internally > > it would cause the most friction if they do it now. Wait until later > > and the name is going to stick forever, so, if they don't switch, then > > google became a bit more evil, and that mantra will pretty much be an > > irrelevant pretty thing to put on a poster someplace, not something > > anybody at google actually uses to make decisions. Shame, really. > > Google gets a lot of free passes from the tech community because of > > them following that mantra. > > > On Nov 11, 10:18 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Casper Bang wrote: > > > > Not nearly as interesting as Fan. However, gofmt is probably handy in > > > > the toolchain of large organizations - to prevent Tor from using > > > > space instead of tab. :) > > > > > /Casper > > > > LOL. Apart from Casper's comment, for me go seems to be a big yawn. > > > > -- > > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
