Lessons of Failure

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About 12 years ago, I was a member of the Professional Services Group for a C++ tools company.  They created a great framework for C++ classes, particularly dates and strings, that really didn’t exist in a standard format at the time.  They dominated the market because their tools were second-to-none.

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Dec/09

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Google Go: Good For What?

My posts on Google’s Go (Part 1 and Part 2) definitely touched a nerve with a few folks.  And I appreciate good dialog on ideas like this…

One pervasive question that I keep hearing is “Who is Go good for?“  And I’m having a hard time finding a good answer.  Even Go’s own FAQ page is uncharacteristically vague about it.

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In Part One of this post, we discussed the Great Concurrency Problem and the promise of Go in taking the throne from Java.  Today, I show why Go isn’t going to get us there.

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There’s buzz in the air about Google’s new language Go.  Naturally, I was excited hearing about it.  After all, Google has produced so many interesting tools and frameworks to date there’s almost automatic interest in any new Google software release.  But this wasn’t just a product, this was a Google language release.  My programmer brain pricked up immediately.

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Catagorical Insanity

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