The Go Programming Language Promo

A short promotional video about the Go Programming Language presented by Russ Cox.

For a more detailed video about Go, please see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT...

For more on Go including FAQs, source code, libraries, and tutorials, please see the Go home page:
http://golang.org

• Category

  Science & Technology

[LeoPedrozo]

really. i still doesn't figured out why there are so much criticism about go.

have you all ever TRIED it before saying all this shit?

java is at the top today, such as c++ was someday. the best quote i've heard about programming languages up today is: "the best programming language is that which makes what you need".

java is not god.

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

Because they can? C++ has needlessly convulted syntax for archaic reasons, Java has needlessly verbose syntax for odd reasons and ECMAScript has needless syntax for stupid reasons.

Not everything has to be curly brackets, and I feel sad that Go uses them too...

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

That is quite all right.

[LeepySham]

Whoops, I accused you of not knowing functional languages before looking at your other comments.

[LeepySham]

PL nerd? Bro, do you even use functional languages? I kid, but really. As time goes on, imperative languages will become outdated, especially if we move to new architectures (did someone say, quantum computers? And some *high level* popular languages still rely on binary data?).

On a side note, you're right, operator overloading isn't evil. They're okay with function overloading, but not operator overloading, because for some reason, they think they're entirely different things.

[LeepySham]

Why's that?

[TheAngelMariano]

this video is quite confusing!

[Basil Kohler]

why is that?

[Zyberism]

I think it is kinda Ironic to programm "Go" on a Mac.

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

I consider myself a bit of a PL nerd. I know Von Neumann machines and formal, turing complete languages intimately. Believe me when I say C++ can and has been done better (D).

Java is a stange one, but we can all agree operator overloading isn't evil, right?

ECMA is just the retarded kid trying his best to hang with clique of Python/Ruby/Lua/Scheme coolkids

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

Oh, I know C, C++, D, Java, Python, Ruby, Lua, ML, Haskell and a few others. I prefer C, D, Ruby and Haskell.

You have to understand that C++ is from the 1980's and was intially made as a GRAFT on top of C. C is the elegant and powerfull core of UNIX, C++ was a joke made by that SOlstrup guy.

If you really want an awesome language, try D. It does everything C++11 does, only it has done so since 1999.