On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:25 AM, FRIGN <d...@frign.de> wrote: > A question to everyone on this list: What do you think about the > Go-language?
I used Python for all my scripting needs before Golang hit version 1.0 (around two years ago). After giving it another look then, I have come to prefer it over Python. The static typing together with the superb tooling is very appealing to me (and all Go programs are statically compiled which will be a desirable feature for a lot of you). It is not without its problems though: * There are no generics (it is not clear at the moment whether they will be incorporated into the language in the future) but with my simple requirements I have not been missing them. * The XML/JSON unmarshaling is cumbersome (I think I prefer the Elementtree approach of Python) but maybe I am just misusing the standard library. At least you get type safety when using the Golang approach. I am quite sure I would find more issues with Golang if I would be writing more substantial programs but until then I will be happily coding more in it.
