On 03/25/2013 11:57 AM, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> Yes, I run Go on native Plan9, > > Go breaks away from a number of traditions that have long become > obsolete and that is its main merit. The price is not only in having > to adjust to the change, but also in some sacred cows being > slaughtered in the process. > > But Go also opens the door to better ways of doing things. The build > system, raw as it still is, is streets ahead of any conventional build > system, but it is tightly coupled to the language. Portability across > platforms is much easier, in the Plan 9 tradition, but requires a set > of build tools ([568][ac]) that users are not familiar with and [568]l > becomes the new bottleneck, to many users' surprise. > Cross-development - my favourite feature - becomes much easier, but I > am having a great deal of trouble getting my head around all the > complications it brings with it. > > Philosophically, Plan 9 has rattled the proverbial cage and Go is an > earthquake by comparison. The outcome is still to be evaluated. But > not everyone is going to see it in the same way. > > Of relevance here is that if Rob and Russ and Ken had let > considerations such as pampering slow hardware, we'd have a different > language and many features would not be available. At the same time, > the need for a slim version of Go will grow with acceptance of the fat > model and then people like Kurt may be inspired to restore in the > linker the ability to trim libraries of unused modules (don't hold > your breath!). > > If the Go developers had started from the other end, as I would have > been tempted to do, the outcome would definitely look nothing like > what we have. > > The nice bit is that there are enough people out there to consider > such options and some of them are actually willing to publish their > efforts. > > The people who insists that ONE tool should encompass all these > options are those who are too unproductive to do it themselves and > fail to see that no-one owes them. > > In my other life managing a backpackers, I see way too many young > people who seem to think that our generation somehow owe them > something they are able but not willing to seek for themselves. I > could tell you where most of them seem to come from, but I'm sure that > would be unfair to all those they leave behind while spending money > they did not earn to travel in comfort around the world. > > ++L > > PS: Gorka is making amazing progress with the plan9/arm port and the > reason I know is that I've just tested his latest efforts on the > Sheevaplug and the present obstacle does not seem unsurmountable - > but it is very real, so "it's not working yet". Watch golang-dev > on Google Groups for updates. >
For me Go is an overkill in same line and, or manner as is Java; I hate Java, C# and the .NET in particular; Have not checked Inferno/Limbo as yet to the requisite depth... Q. What is GC (Garbage collection)? A. Yet another approach to create inefficiency in the programmers :P -- Balwinder S 'bdheeman' Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) "GNU/Linux, developed by volunteers, is much better, but it's not the best as yet. Do you too work on making a difference?"
