OSCON 2010: Rob Pike, "Public Static Void"

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Rob Pike (Google, Inc.),
"Public Static Void"

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[Yudle Joza]

the D and Go people should pool their efforts, merge the two and call it 'The GoD Programming Language'

[ChilapaOfTheAmazons]

"Go" is a bit too low level for my uses (I prefer Python), but I certainly agree with Rob about the stupid verbosity of C++ and Java, their hidden pitfalls, the suckiness of their stdlibs and of most commonly used libraries, etc.

[BizziSMP]

An experienced programmer not whoreshipping *hm* patterns. Pretty cool guy.

[noahz]

"False dichotomy between static and dynamic languages." Wish I could give this 100 likes.

[Sergio Díaz Nila]

you should watch the original talk about Go, he explains why all the "traditional" C++/Java is bad so D also is bad. Go OO mechanisms are more powerful & expresive, to the point where you don't need mixins. Mixins are a patch to the broken C++/Java design.

[DreamOfTurtles]

Funny that, I was thought about D as he described Go.

[DreamOfTurtles]

I hate to say it, but it seems Rob Pike missed his target. In terms of the "niche", it sounds he was speaking about D, much more than Go. D can be as concise as Python, maps well to the "traditional" C++/Java, and has newer stuff, such as mixins, etc. Go is sort of like C, version 2011 (and this is not a feature - it's a bug).

[tieigisi]

Man this video made me feel like i just drank a glass of cool fresh water after a long walk through the scorching desert. Really well put.

Industrial code is REALLY verbose... java does not help either. It seems more like a 3in1 instant coffee: Just pour some code in there, and it will turn into this beautiful cool new app. But we all know it's not exactly the real thing, like a good made arabica espresso.

[MrXStark]

Computer Science is like LIFE. You first say that herbs are medicines(medival), then we replace them with incantations(premedival), followed by Unani(5th Century), 17th Century(Allopathy), 21st century we go back to herbs.

Similarly, Go is an example that verbosity provided by C++ and Java HINDERS programmers more than it supports them.

Python is also another example of why we should have LOVED C.

[FlameHue]

D code compiles much faster than Go.

[msniemi]

LOL - Awesome =)