Discussion Thread: DIP 1028--Make @safe the Default--Final Review

[JN]

On Monday, 30 March 2020 at 19:32:54 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Monday, 30 March 2020 at 15:49:55 UTC, Arine wrote:
>> I've also seen it used to replace GC languages like Go on 
>> servers as well:
>>
>> Anyways, here's a good example of where GC failed to meet 
>> their requirements, and Rust solved their problem as it 
>> doesn't use a GC.
>>
>> https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f
>
> Let's be honest, *anything* would be better than Go, for a 
> reasonable value of "anything". ;-)

Umm no. Go is a solid language, with a very good toolchain, 
tooling, documentation, ecosystem. It might not have the fanciest 
language features and it doesn't invent a new paradigm. I know 
this comment is sarcastic in nature, but I wouldn't underestimate 
Go.