On 2014-03-10, flebber <flebber.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if a better programmer than I could explain if > the removal of OO features in golang really does offer an great > benefit over python. > > An article I was reading ran through a brief overview of golang > in respect of OO features > http://areyoufuckingcoding.me/2012/07/25/object-desoriented-language/ > . > > maybe removing OO features would be a benefit to c++ users or > Java users but python? > > As I have seen an interesting reddit or two of people trying to > figure out go today it was a ruby user, totally lost with > structs. > > So anecdotally is actually python and ruby users changing to > Go, here is a blog and reddit from Rob Pike. > http://www.reddit.com/comments/1mue70 > > Why would a Python user change to go except for new and > interesting?
Static typing combined with duck typing and simple distribution of applications is a draw. Go's tools are pretty awesome, and are scheduled for improvements. If you can get by with its built in types (or simple aggregates of them) it feels quite expressive. -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list