Go: A new system programing language

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu, el 14 de noviembre a las 09:19 me escribiste:
>> grauzone wrote:
>>> Daniel de Kok wrote:
>>>> But hey, there is a compiler for 64-bit binaries :). Of course,
>>>> I should swallow that, and help with the LDC efforts...
>>> As far as I know, ldc+Tango already works on 64 bit. Also, Go has
>>> no Windows compiler, which is an _absolute_ show stopper.
>> Yeah, but that's something that can be fixed. What is more difficult
>> to fix is that Go is all-over an unremarkable and unoriginal
>> language (something that would become obvious if one thinks for a
>> second what would have happened if Go wasn't associated with
>> Google's brand name). On the other hand, it is associated with
>> Google's brand name. :o) It will be interesting to see how things
>> turn out.
> 
> Don't forget it's designed by Rob Pike and Ken Thompson. That's *not*
> irrelevant, it's not just a Google language.

I have a huge amount of respect for both, but I think Rob Pike is not
quite a language designer. Ken Thompson is a brilliant designer, but I
don't know what recent work he has done in language design prior to Go.
Honest, I'd be much more worried about Go if Craig Chambers were involved.

Andrei