Go Language Popularity
The cluster discusses Go's popularity, questioning whether its success stems from inherent qualities or primarily from Google's sponsorship and promotion. Debates compare it to languages like Java and highlight skepticism about its adoption without Google backing.
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Where would Go be if it wasn't a Google language?
Go has a low adoption rate compared to Java among developers. Go can be the best language in the world, but until there is enough developers using it, it will be a huge gamble by Google. Also this would cause a huge distraction and it would surly put them further behind IOS.
Go is the product of people who's work automatically gets attention and is backed by Google. You still might be right, but Go is probably not a useful example.
People are upset that their favourite language didn't get as popular as Go.
You mean like Google did for Go? Meh
What did Go do to make it so ubiquitous? Seems like it was mostly just a “nice” language
How is it that Go seems to be the most popular?
Go is thriving because it is Google sponsored.If it came from "Joe the dev" no one at HN would give it a second look.
Fun was probably getting in Go's way in becoming the next Java.
Surprised this comes from google. I thought they were only interested in "practical" languages like "go." I wonder if anybody from google dislikes golang.