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Re: [RFC] Replace Java with Go in default languages
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Alec Teal <a dot teal at warwick dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>, Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>, GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:45:10 -0800
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Replace Java with Go in default languages
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Alec Teal <a.teal@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> It was said before (when this first started) that Go wasn't ready. Another
> language that looks cool but has yet to mature.
Side issue clarification. I believe that Go is ready for any use one
might care to put it to. The reasons I believe it is not suitable as
a default-enabled language for GCC have to do with licensing and
source code issues, not with the language or the compiler support for
it.
Ian