@tripplehelix @dusnm @amin @sunarch

Other than the weird date format and the whole #Issue9 debacle, and the fact that it's controlled by google (but they don't seem to be doing anything too evil with that control?), it seems to be a neat language. It's got bwk behind it, it can't be all bad!!

@tripplehelix @amin

A dream. But mostly just vaporware. 😄

P.S. It's an idea that some of us #polymaths had to create a new fediverse client (particularly for #GtS) for the terminal, likely in Go/#Issue9.

@dusnm gave us the inspiration to write it in Go, then quietly left before anyone assigned him any real work. >:)

(Just kidding, we all sat around, threw around some cool ideas, and then promptly did next to nothing. I think @sunarch did all the real organizational work; good on him)

@dusnm @amin @sotolf @mitch

lol at least you're honest about it.

rust bros be like, "If your CPUs aren't screaming and your laptop wrist rest getting soft from the heat, are you even compiling anything?!?" /s

Go's date format thingie is 1000% "tell me you don't think programmers can learn date (1) format strings without telling me you don't think programmers can learn date (1) format strings" XD

That and the whole #Issue9 debacle is a bit depressing, but I won't poop on your favorite language too much. It looks pretty cool overall.

@thedoctor @libreivan @amin

My love for it might be explained by the fact that I was thrown into the deep end of being responsible for a bunch of really huge and clumsy shell scripts when I started my IT career nearly 25 years ago.

I can basically just sit and write shell as my native language.

Perl or possibly Python might be a lot better, hack even Go/#Issue9, but, yeah, I'm stuck with it, and I kinda love it, so...

Using backticks (` `) for multi-line strings in Go is... odd.

I rather prefer Python's solution: """ """ or ''' '''

Of course, in bash, nearly any string can be a multi-line string. :BlobCatHappie:

#LearningGo #Go #Golang #Issue9 #Python #Bash

Hey #LearningGo friends,

What do people think of the Coursera course, "Programming with Google Go Specialization?" >link<

#Go #GoLang #Issue9

@sotolf

Yeah, that last part is why I occasionally remember to add the #Issue9 hashtag, just to rub in the fact that that was the day we all realized they had turned evil.

But on the plus side, Kernighan and Thompson were heavily involved in it. I'm not saying that invalidates any other arguments against it, only that it gives me some hope that it won't be completely terrible ;)

Hey, yo...

Is anyone else learning #Go in 2025?

I'm just starting out.

#GoLang #Issue9

Hey @mirabilos just FYI,

@amin and several of us #Polymaths are trying to get our heads together and come up with an idea for a new fediverse/GoToSocial TUI client.

One of the ideas is to fork @tut which seems unmaintained (by about 2 years now), but I know you're not into #Issue9.

If you have any ideas, I'm sure the guys would love to hear them. I don't know if you're on Signal, but I can pass it on if you feel like replying with a public toot.