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rob05c · 3478 days ago · link · · parent · post: Go Is Unapologetically Flawed, Here’s Why We Use It
It's as fast as C++, easy to write as Python, highly parallel, and created by a popular company. It's primarily a systems-level language for things like back-end web services. It's fast enough to replace C++, but easy enough to write that Python and Ruby programmers like it. To give you a better idea, they have a great tutorial to make a wiki in about an hour. My biggest Go projects have been an online multiplayer text game server (a MUD), and a service to manage schedules for electrical switches for power distribution systems. It worked well for both; though I hit the metaprogramming wall with the MUD.What is it that is making Go so popular, or sets it apart from other languages?
what exactly is Go for?