Go compiler moving from C to Go

[Paulo Pinto]

On Friday, 20 December 2013 at 06:50:41 UTC, SomeDude wrote:
> On Thursday, 19 December 2013 at 12:27:57 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>> Russel Winder:
>>
>>> The whole point of Go is to replace C,
>>
>> I didn't know this.
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> Because it's no longer true at all. It was the goal at the 
> beginning, but it's no longer, they've said that Go is not a 
> system programming language (in the sense that you can 
> construct an OS with it).

Even though I rather use D than Go, every time I read that, I am 
tempted to prove people wrong. If I had the time for it, that is.

Go offers the same mechanisms for systems programming as Oberon 
does. If ETHZ was able to create Native Oberon, AOS and EthOS 
with Oberon, why cannot one do an OS with Go?

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Paulo