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Golang is a great programming language if your alternative is Java, C# or scripting languages like Python/Ruby/etc. Not everything needs to be written in C++ or Rust from the outset. It's also reasonably possible to rewrite small codebases from Golang to, e.g. Rust for better performance.

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guappa 10 months ago | parent [-]

It really isn't, no. It joins an awkward syntax with bad API design and terrible safeguards.

	▲	otabdeveloper4 10 months ago \| parent [-]
		Don't be so mean, it's definitely a step up from PHP.

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guappa 10 months ago | parent | prev [-]

And then they were so unproficient that they made a terrible language that has the same amount of safeguards as C (ok a bit more, but not much more).