I think he was joking since he went ahead and responded to the question.
On 11/12/07, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nick Apperson wrote: > > Are you a troll? > > Hi Nick, > > We should definitely be able to talk about programming languages for our > domain of Go. I see no problem here. > > > - Don > > > > > I'd recomend staying away from proprietary languages personally... for > > obvious reasons. I don't think there is any language that doesn't > > sacrifice some speed for garbage collection. But, speed is a relative > > thing. If you don't directly use the heap in C++ ( i.e. you use the > > smart pointer class) you don't have to worry about garbage collection > > (except if you make a circular list). If you are willing to sacrifice > > some speed, you could go with java or c#, but these will be noticably > > slower, have mediocre support for interfaceing with C, and are > > proprietary... There aren't that many well supported languages honestly. > > > > You will probably get a few people here recommending "D", but that is > > most definately not well supported and it is slower than C or C++ in > > terms of writing a go program. I guess what I'm trying to say is: you > > are going to have to give on one of your requirements. If you are > > serious about go programming, learn a real language like C++... It > > might take a few years to learn, but it is the way to go. If you are > > just looking to mess around, fast isn't really as much of a priority. > > Even some of the slowest languages out there are within an order of > > magnitude of the speed of C++. > > > > I hope that helps. > > > > On Nov 12, 2007 3:41 PM, Chris Fant <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > I would like some language recommendations. Requirements: > > Runs in Linux > > Has garbage collection > > Fast > > Well supported > > Can interface with MPI (can make C calls) > > > > Hope this doesn't start a war. > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org <mailto:computer-go@computer-go.org> > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
