From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20130323100519.GA3980@polynum.com> <19750d1b50c54941f031f57dc4be456e@proxima.alt.za> <5099C9E8-C6E8-4B6B-A609-B5BDCA6C332F@lsub.org> <5C91EC08-2559-4DA8-B6F3-9293747EEFE8@gmail.com> <20130323173739.GA3314@polynum.com> From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:17:29 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc not an option for Plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 31ac2e9a-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 It's pointless to complain about the size of "hello world". It's not a real program. In Go's case it's larger than a C binary because the libraries (and the presence of a runtime) are capable of much more under the covers, but by the time you write a real program in Go you'll find the ratio of Go binary to C binary isn't nearly so large; the incremental cost to the binary of a Go source file compared to a C Go file is negligible. A house is much heavier than a tent, but it also has a much stronger foundation. -rob