Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > "Steve Teale" <steve.te...@britseyeview.com> wrote in message > news:hjf9uk$1tr...@digitalmars.com... > >I see that Go has now usurped D's former place at #13 in Tiobe - which I > >realize of course does not mean anything. But I'd be interested to hear > >what the D aficionados think of Go. > > > > It probably would not suit Andrei. > > > > It's a gimped, obfuscated and immature imitation of D. > It's little more than a concurrency-model experiment masquerading as a real > language. > > Also: > - As far as I'm concerned, its real name is "Issue 9" (search "google go > issue 9"). > - It's the Buick/Cadillac/Oldsmobile of computer languages: Garbage that > gets attention solely because of the name(s) attached. > - Does nothing to change my opinion that Google has done nothing noteworthy > outside of search engines and maybe their ad service. > >
It looks like to me they are making Google Goo for prestige. Search engine, browser, now programming language... Whats next? OS? Laptops? Fast food franchise?