[go-nuts] Re: What did you see at GopherCon 2019 (San Diego)?

2019-09-03 Thread Akram Ahmad
3, 2019 at 11:39:29 AM UTC-5, Jake Montgomery wrote: > > Yay! Thanks for the heads up. > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 8:09:45 AM UTC-4, Akram Ahmad wrote: >> >> To everyone who has (patiently) been biding time, your wait is finally >> over—The video recordin

[go-nuts] Re: What did you see at GopherCon 2019 (San Diego)?

2019-09-03 Thread Akram Ahmad
9 at 8:43:18 AM UTC-5, Akram Ahmad wrote: > > You're very welcome, JuciÊ Andrade. Meanwhile, to keep my promise, here's > an update on what's available in terms of videos of the various talks at > GopherCon 2019. > > I haven't seen an update, yet, in the Gop

[go-nuts] Re: Go Module Mirror and Checksum Database officially launched!

2019-08-29 Thread Akram Ahmad
Very cool! This gopher is definitely excited and will be checking out the related blog post soon :) On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 1:54:15 PM UTC-5, Katie Hockman wrote: > > Hey Gophers! > > We have exciting news to share. Our module mirror > , index

[go-nuts] Re: What did you see at GopherCon 2019 (San Diego)?

2019-08-09 Thread Akram Ahmad
You're very welcome, JuciÊ Andrade. Meanwhile, to keep my promise, here's an update on what's available in terms of videos of the various talks at GopherCon 2019. I haven't seen an update, yet, in the GopherCon Slack channel itself. But did find some related info elsewhere--It turns out each G

[go-nuts] Re: What did you see at GopherCon 2019 (San Diego)?

2019-08-07 Thread Akram Ahmad
, August 6, 2019 at 4:16:35 PM UTC-5, jake...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 7:35:08 AM UTC-4, Akram Ahmad wrote: >> >> For me, attending GopherCon 2019 recently in San Diego was tremendous fun >> (The Gopher community is so amazing!) >> &

[go-nuts] What did you see at GopherCon 2019 (San Diego)?

2019-08-06 Thread Akram Ahmad
For me, attending GopherCon 2019 recently in San Diego was tremendous fun (The Gopher community is so amazing!) This is what I saw, the following being *the coordinates* to my (incredibly unofficial) writeup: *What I Saw at GopherCon 2019*

Re: [go-nuts] The Seven Finest Go Books (to popularize and 'socialize' Go).

2019-06-26 Thread Akram Ahmad
nyway associated with this book had formed a "gang" and > written a language to implement the ideas... > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 7:01 AM Akram Ahmad > wrote: > >> While I've heard great things about Pike and Kernighan’s *The Practice >> of Programming*, that i

Re: [go-nuts] The Seven Finest Go Books (to popularize and 'socialize' Go).

2019-06-21 Thread Akram Ahmad
TVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=3NKVJ4GHQV95YRS0RE6Y&pf_rd_p=c47c1a64-54da-406b-819c-14c61f519944&pd_rd_i=B07KYJYSMC> > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 5:09 PM Akram Ahmad > wrote: > >> - Excellent! I will add your book to my list of Go books—the list keeps >> burgeoning, a good thing o

Re: [go-nuts] The Seven Finest Go Books (to popularize and 'socialize' Go).

2019-06-21 Thread Akram Ahmad
take a look at Manning's "Get Programming With Go" >>> too; it's aimed mostly at more inexperienced programmers. >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Get-Programming-Go-Nathan-Youngman/dp/1617293091 >>> >>> (disclosure: I'm one of the au

Re: [go-nuts] The Seven Finest Go Books (to popularize and 'socialize' Go).

2019-02-22 Thread Akram Ahmad
f the authors :]) > > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 23:02, Akram Ahmad > > wrote: > >> >>- The amazing language that golang surely is, and how refreshingly >>(and elegantly) simple a language golang is—take this from someone coming >>from extensive exp

[go-nuts] The Seven Finest Go Books (to popularize and 'socialize' Go).

2019-02-21 Thread Akram Ahmad
- The amazing language that golang surely is, and how refreshingly (and elegantly) simple a language golang is—take this from someone coming from extensive experience in Java and Scala, two language which well-deservedly have a lot going for them—I think we need to do *more* to

[go-nuts] Re: Reference to type satisfying a specified interface

2018-08-31 Thread Akram Ahmad
oms <https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html> of the amazing language that is Go (I switched to Go full-time earlier this year). So far, so good. ~Akram On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 12:48:10 PM UTC-5, Eric Raymond wrote: > > > > On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 1:32:18

Re: [go-nuts] Coming to Go (from Java / Scala / Clojure).

2018-08-31 Thread Akram Ahmad
meer Ajmani wrote: > > I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Go! Thanks for the article. Others have > written their stories, too; I found this wiki page recently that focuses on > stories about migrating codebases to Go from other languages: > https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/

[go-nuts] Re: Reference to type satisfying a specified interface

2018-08-30 Thread Akram Ahmad
Your work on porting *reposurgeon* (from Python into Go) for improved performance sounds very cool, Eric (BTW, your work in, and musings on, Lisp and UNIX have been a huge influence on my evolution as a programmer. Kudos for that! On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:56:58 AM UTC-5, Eric Raymond

[go-nuts] Coming to Go (from Java / Scala / Clojure).

2018-08-30 Thread Akram Ahmad
I must confess that Go has taken me by surprise: It's is refreshingly lightweight language that's steadily growing on. Has anyone (around here) shared their journey to Go land? FWIW, here's a rundown of my journey: *Further Adventures In Go Land