Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang

• proposal-type-annotations

  101 4,097 4.7 JavaScript

  ECMAScript proposal for type syntax that is erased - Stage 1

  

I don't know. I don't think Ruby is a terrible language, and I certainly wouldn't say Rust is more succinct, but the rise in dynamic languages like Python, Ruby, and Javascript adding strong static typing makes me think it would have been better to have it from the start in most situations, even though it can be less ergonomic and freeing.

• sorbet

  53 3,528 9.9 Ruby

  A fast, powerful type checker designed for Ruby

  

I don't know. I don't think Ruby is a terrible language, and I certainly wouldn't say Rust is more succinct, but the rise in dynamic languages like Python, Ruby, and Javascript adding strong static typing makes me think it would have been better to have it from the start in most situations, even though it can be less ergonomic and freeing.

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• zig

  816 30,773 10.0 Zig

  General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

  

I think the post-Go languages are underappreciated: Nim, Crystal, Zig, and of course Rust, which now has a vocal growing community. Go was a "first mover" language, that showed one could create a modern compiled language that compiled to native object code, but then Rust, Nim, Crystal, and Zig came along and improved upon Go's Plan9-inspired austerity.

• Nim

  347 16,104 9.9 Nim

  Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).

  

I think the post-Go languages are underappreciated: Nim, Crystal, Zig, and of course Rust, which now has a vocal growing community. Go was a "first mover" language, that showed one could create a modern compiled language that compiled to native object code, but then Rust, Nim, Crystal, and Zig came along and improved upon Go's Plan9-inspired austerity.

• crystal

  239 19,110 9.8 Crystal

  The Crystal Programming Language

  

I think the post-Go languages are underappreciated: Nim, Crystal, Zig, and of course Rust, which now has a vocal growing community. Go was a "first mover" language, that showed one could create a modern compiled language that compiled to native object code, but then Rust, Nim, Crystal, and Zig came along and improved upon Go's Plan9-inspired austerity.

• tigerbeetle

  37 1,012 9.5 Zig

  Discontinued A distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance. [Moved to: https://github.com/tigerbeetledb/tigerbeetle] (by coilhq)

  

This is the chasm problem, where people don't use a technology because people aren't using that technology, thus the technology has difficulty gaining adoption. I did see that Zig does have it's own killer app and startup that's using Zig: TigerBeattle.

• v-mode

  89 57 0.0 Emacs Lisp

  🌻 An Emacs major mode for the V programming language.

I think closer Go alternatives would be Vlang or Odin. They have a closer syntax relationship and development as alternatives.

• SaaSHub

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• Odin

  84 5,684 10.0 Odin

  Odin Programming Language

  

I think closer Go alternatives would be Vlang or Odin. They have a closer syntax relationship and development as alternatives.

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