Hi [2019-01-25 17:53] Nick <suckless-...@njw.me.uk> > Quoth Hiltjo Posthuma: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 02:21:26PM +0000, Nick wrote: > > > That way we can devote the mailing list to more productive pursuits, > > > like arguing for the millionth time that C++ is terrible. > > > > > > > Don't keep spamming the mailinglist with the same things then. It is up to > > the > > community to make the mailinglist interesting. An example could be to post > > your > > personal projects (that conform to the suckless philosophy ofcourse) or > > patches > > that make the software world better. > > > > It is a community group effort to make suckless an interesting and fun > > place to > > be. > > I know, I was just joking, I agree. > > On that subject, I've been really enjoying writing Go code, lately. > It's the first high level language I've properly enjoyed using for > an extended period of time, and the standard library is great. My > favourite thing about it is that there aren't really many language > features, but what is there is very powerful (interfaces ftw!), so > it's easy to learn, understand, and read. > > I'm still learning, so figuring out the best ways to construct and > organise things is a work in progress (my first proper project had > many tiny libraries, which is annoying), but I'm getting there. And > the journey to becoming competent in a different language is > certainly helping me think through problems in new ways, which is > always good. > > Anybody else enjoying Go? Or hating it? Have I become lazy and > trendy in my middle age?
The opinions on Go are mixed on this list from what I remember. Personally, I have been writing Go backend code at my day job for almost two years now and I enjoy it a lot. Like any language, it has its issues and it's not the best tool for everything. It's a good one for the kind of software I have to write though (mostly REST services). Cheers, Silvan
