I may have been pushing my own agenda more than what the Go project is actually about with this:
Perhaps something like “Go is designed for programming modern computers and > computer systems in English” would be more accurate? This 2012 talk does indicate that Go is about Google-style network application programming: https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article Matt On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 10:03:17 AM UTC-6, matthe...@gmail.com wrote: > > Go is designed for the modern data center, but its adoption isn’t >> restricted to the workplace. > > > While the garbage collector may point to this, and I’ve previously argued > about data centers stepping on other applications’ feet, my understanding > is the stated goal is systems programming. This term encompasses anything > designed as part of a larger system in my mind; OS drivers and components > have been mentioned, the compiler is written in Go, build and other scripts > are easy to write in Go, OS CLI tools are great in Go, you’ve mentioned > embedded programming, small web servers with database definitely work, and > of course data center applications and infrastructure are a major Go target > and consumer. > > Perhaps something like “Go is designed for programming modern computers > and computer systems in English” would be more accurate? > > I’ve only looked at the three free chapters, but one thing that stands out > to me is the amount of formatting on each page. Although I’m looking on a > computer and not at a book, it seems that all of the italics, bolds, > blocks, lines, references, pictures, and other formatting add noise. I do > think the graphics are creative, slicing the solar system is great. > > It’s been asked here about references for new programmers but I didn’t > have an answer besides “what do you want to know?”. Can you share your > competition here? I’ll mention “Get Programming with Go” in the future. > > Thanks, > Matt > > On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 8:46:58 AM UTC-6, Nathan Youngman wrote: >> >> Learn about error handling and concurrent state in the latest release of >> Get Programming with Go, available from Manning Books. >> >> The first draft is complete. If you have any feedback, now’s the time to >> get it in, as we are currently editing the book before it goes to >> production. >> >> https://bit.ly/programminggo >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
