From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8oqsn9xcur.ln2@news.homelinux.net> References: <2522920406.enqueue@as-laptop> <0031c5cf57e92ce48e169455b02639be@quintile.net> <8oqsn9xcur.ln2@news.homelinux.net> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:34:16 +0100 Message-ID: From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] c++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: dfdb4a88-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Me, OTOH, would like see Go go out of fashion ASAP; What's so special a > C/C++ programmer can't do what she/he can do with Go? Looking at it from a theoretical educational view: As someone who had to use java in school and C++ in high school I'm sure my mental health would be in a better state if we had Go there. C++ and java feel highly inconsistent and are full of stupid busywork and strange programming philosophies that you have to "learn" about, but teach you nothing.