From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 18:39:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20131202183901.Horde.so34A23woqwLYjKomWz6Ag1@ssl.eumx.net> From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <5fc4ecdb1523a9dbda1829df0018500a@proxima.alt.za> In-Reply-To: <5fc4ecdb1523a9dbda1829df0018500a@proxima.alt.za> User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H5 (6.1.4) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] Go and 21-bit runes (and a bit of Go status) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8de9cfa0-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Quoting lucio@proxima.alt.za: >> Quoting lucio@proxima.alt.za: >> >>> I don't think Go needs to be thrown away, I think it is a motivating >>> force itself, >> >> Why? >> > It's my opinion. Do you have a problem with that? > Why do you hold this opinion? While your defensiveness is hilarious, it's a simple matter of curiosity. I'm trying to understand the fervor behind another language-cum-fashion-accessory. Specifically: how will Go enable good things that, say, python has not? Which good things? Are all of them web based? I'm not asking this idly. I have resources available for projects like this, but I'm tired of wasting them on projects that go nowhere once the developers' attention span shifts to whatever hip new thing is promoted by $COMPANY. khm