Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
grauzone wrote:
Daniel de Kok wrote:
But hey, there is a compiler for 64-bit binaries :). Of course, I
should swallow that, and help with the LDC efforts...
As far as I know, ldc+Tango already works on 64 bit. Also, Go has no
Windows compiler, which is an _absolute_ show stopper.
Yeah, but that's something that can be fixed. What is more difficult to
Don't underestimate the negative effects of a bad toolchain. D has the
same problem, but (apparently) not as bad.
fix is that Go is all-over an unremarkable and unoriginal language
(something that would become obvious if one thinks for a second what
would have happened if Go wasn't associated with Google's brand name).
On the other hand, it is associated with Google's brand name. :o) It
will be interesting to see how things turn out.
I agree, the brand name is probably the best what Go got. (But it's not
that Go doesn't contain some good ideas.)
Andrei
