https://tinygo.org/ might be a more suitable initial project for compiling Go to eBPF. A lot is already in place including an LLVM backend and a simplified Go runtime suitable for small systems.
On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6:41:00 PM UTC+1 stalke...@protonmail.ch wrote: > With the Solana project running with the old and perfectly adequate BPF > bytecode and execution engines already inside the linux kernel, it seems > that this might be a good target to add to Go's existing targets. > > I mean, yes, I am aware of the severe limitations, no loops, etc, but to > be able to deploy Solana apps end to end with a Go backed frontend and Go > language for the programs... > > I'm not expecting a strong enthusiastic response about the subject, of > course, but I think there could be a big bonus for Go adoption if it became > an option for this very interesting, very fast blockchain platform. > > It does not have to even permit most of the basics, maps, slices, they > just simply don't need to be used. It might also go along with efforts > such as tinygo, rather than on the mainline project. > > As I spent a long time developing my skills with Go towards "Layer 1" > blockchain systems, including also some time inside a Geth fork, I feel > like Go is slipping a little with keeping relevant to this very active area > of software development. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/77d61e0b-e53e-4c02-9417-bafbd0676b76n%40googlegroups.com.
