Google’s programming language, Go, gets a big speed boost

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/googles-programming-language-go-gets-a-big-speed-boost/

by macco • 13 years ago

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dnesteruk• 13 years ago

Has anyone outside Google used Go for any major commercial development? Are there any success stories out there to read up on?

dignati• 13 years ago

Ubuntu build their DevOps solution JuJu with Go. https://juju.ubuntu.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQLhGZVN4A

mseepgood• 13 years ago

https://gist.github.com/ungerik/3731476

jgrahamc• 13 years ago

Yes. CloudFlare is using Go internally for a lot of things: http://blog.cloudflare.com/go-at-cloudflare

fabriceleal• 13 years ago

What about "disaster" stories or rants? I find the lack of rants on Go disturbing.

LeonidasXIV• 13 years ago

Just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5707019 although you might not want to blame Go for this.

venomsnake• 13 years ago

Here is a rant from me ... there is no effortless way to put mysql results into map [string]interface{} (equivalent to mysql_fetch_assoc) with built in typing. You get []byte and have to cast and scan everything yourself. Also go is hard to serach for in google and google groups where golang nuts are - they are as pleasurable for searching and finding info as a kick in the balls.

Apart from that the language is very solid and has some nice decisions made about it.

davidw2• 13 years ago

There are a few reasoned criticisms from the Erlang camp about Go not copying some bits and pieces from Erlang that might have been worthwhile that are worth reading.

obiterdictum• 13 years ago

Not a disaster, but a word of caution:

https://www.braintreepayments.com/braintrust/gotchas-irritan...

dscrd• 13 years ago

This was just on hacker news: http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/27755.aspx

Although it's kinda debatable how much Go can be blamed about these failures.

jemeshsu• 13 years ago

The recent ones include Heka by Mozilla Services http://blog.mozilla.org/services/2013/04/30/introducing-heka... and Docker http://www.docker.io. Not sure if you'd consider these major and success.

Jare• 13 years ago

From a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4025198

awestroke• 13 years ago

http://andrewwdeane.blogspot.de/2013/05/the-reliability-of-g...

gerrit• 13 years ago

SoundCloud is using go lot: http://backstage.soundcloud.com/2012/07/go-at-soundcloud/

aleksi• 13 years ago

https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoUsers

https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/SuccessStories

up_and_up• 13 years ago

Vivid Cortex is using Golang for their backend apparently: https://vividcortex.com/jobs/

pyvek• 13 years ago

I do not mean to flame or anything but why is ARS's article upvoted to front page when we already have one [1] on the same topic with 250+ comments? It doesn't even provide any additional information. I have seen a similar trend with a lot of topics.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5701630

sigzero• 13 years ago

Because it is Go! No other reason is needed apparently.

Jtsummers• 13 years ago

Actually it's not. Go! is a totally different language.

But more on topic. This has happened ever since I first started frequenting this site in 2009 (2008?). People upvote links that interest them almost without regard to whether it's already on the frontpage. Personally, I like it. When the first article on topic A gets posted and you get 300 comments, it becomes unwieldy to join in the conversation. The other discussions tend to focus on other issues with topic A or are simply easier to join in on since there are fewer comments overall.

Google’s programming language, Go, gets a big speed boost

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