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Re: [RFC] Replace Java with Go in default languages
- From: Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: Alec Teal <a dot teal at warwick dot ac dot uk>, 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 21:27:00 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Replace Java with Go in default languages
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On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 11:45 -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> 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.
Thanks for the point. Ian, could you explain more what you mean by
"source code issues". From my non-native English speaker point of view,
I'm understanding "software quality" (i.e. bugs) which is not what you
seems to mean.
BTW, I am rather in favor of Go becoming more used and perhaps
default-enabled.... (just because I like the language and I trust your
work on Go in GCC; the one major thing I miss in Go is dynamic loading Ã
la dlopen).
Regards.
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