[BangPypers] Google Go

[Darkseid]

> Go combines the development speed of working in a dynamic language 
> like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language 
> like C or C++.
It could just be the cynic in me, but this looks a lot like the 
marketing MS did to sell VB.Net to VB devs. Vague phrases that aren't 
precisely inaccurate, but aren't very clear, targeted at a very specific 
audience that (presumably) aren't experts in other areas.

I understand it's fun to create and play with languages, so good stuff, 
but the goals of this language seem a little vague. I like the fact that 
Go has reflection (but I haven't looked into how comprehensive that is) 
but every other design goal they've talked about seems to be already met 
by Objective-C (systems programming, fast, statically typed, closures, 
elegant OO, gc etc. + message passing which Go doesn't mention).

Plus I'm always vaguely annoyed every time I run into the assertion that 
static typing in some way increases the 'safety' of the code.

Best,
Sidu.
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