Go: A new system programing language

[Walter Bright]

hasenj wrote:
> I think the "go" language creators would consider a language with all 
> these features to be bloated.

Probably true. The trouble with a too-simple language, however, is it 
makes the user code overly complex. Consider the Java IDE that generates 
hundreds of lines of boilerplate with a single click. The IDE is 
essentially providing the high level features that the language lacks.

Finding the sweet spot between simplistic and bloat is not at all easy.


> What's interesting to me is the approach they take to concurrency: 
> completely different from D's approach. What's more interesting is that 
> their approach comes from their practical experience implementing web 
> servers.

Message passing for concurrency is a solid solution for many types of 
concurrency problems, but it isn't a panacea.