“GO” %^&! Yourself

So, Google have decided the world needs another programming language huh? They might have a point, if they had produced something radically different, but they didn’t.

Google’s “GO” is just another C-like language with object-oriented features, supposedly making software development really easy and helping you avoid all the nastiness. They claim all the simplicity of something like Python, while providing the “safety” of C and C++.

That last bit is hilarious – C is relatively safe in the hands of an experienced developer, C++ can tie you in knots before blowing your brains out.

They also claim part of the motivation is the lack of a new systems language in the past decade. Like I say, if this had been a different solution from everything else, they would have a point, but this is just another set of syntax and semantics performing the same old same old.

Delphi only just sits outside the 10 year timeframe, C# falls within it. Both very similar in style and structure and both very easy for programmers with C/C++ backgrounds to pick up. Furthermore, options exist for compiling Python to native code.

My guess is that this is a student or work experience placement project that they thought they would put out in the wild and it’s full of meh-ness to be perfectly honest. The world needs another programming language like this, like a hole in the head.

Still, it’s more headlines for good ol’ Google eh?