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Submitted by david on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 20:53
"Learn one new language a year"
We've all heard it, it's probably credited to hundreds of different people. The question is of course: "Which language this year"
Go is definitely on my list of languages that I feel that I need to keep an eye on, and work with a bit. This section will hopefully be a walk down that path as I start to learning it as well. I'll start out by adding some of the links that I have collected, and then expand into blog posts, some sample projects, and thoughts on where this language is going.
David Sachdev
  • Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity
    Is Google not going to be the white knight that keeps Java advancing in a good direction?!? This link made me wonder just that.
    Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike argued in a talk Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference.
    Go
    java
    http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/354210/google_executive_frustrated_by_java_c_complexity/
  • The Perfect Programming Language
    ...thinking about what the perfect programming language should look like. So Rob Pike’s talk at OSCON on the reasons behind Google’s Go came at the perfect time.
    One of the main things that struck a chord with me in the talk was about type safety. Defining and initializing variables feels like bureaucracy. It’s like triple filling a credit card application form. And really, why is that necessary? Can’t the compiler deduce this duplicate information? Programming Java in a modern IDE makes that abundantly clear. Over half of what you type is generated by the IDE (autocompleted initializers and calls; getters, setters, who writes those by hand these days?)
    Go
    http://www.streamhead.com/perfect-programming-language/
  • Why Go? Google's very own Programming Language
    Simple is good... at least in theory. It seems to me that we always learn a lot when we do a good Spring Cleaning to repair what we need and throw out what we don't - but it also seems to me that we inevitably end up with as much junk as we ever had a few years down the road... Simple has a habit of getting complex very quickly.
    I am sure the researchers who are working on Go are sincere, but I can't help thinking that Go might be just another reminder to others in the Software Industry - in this case Oracle - that Google won't be painted into a corner.
    Go
    http://thoughtfulprogrammer.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-go-googles-very-on-programming.html

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