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**Go does not need a Java-style GC**
Modern languages such as Go, Julia and Rust don’t need complex garbage collectors like the ones use by Java C#. But why? To explain why, we need to get into how garbage collectors work and how different languages allocate memory in different ways. However, we will start by looking at why Java in particular needs such a complex garbage collector. Good info on how Go deals with memory versus how Java, mainly, handles memory. The most interesting start of a rabbit ... ⌘ Read more
This is a good read on why Go is such an amazing piece of tech and a very nice modern programming language with a wide and growing range of problem domains. 👌
This is a good read on why Go is such an amazing piece of tech and a very nice modern programming language with a wide and growing range of problem domains. 👌
@prologic yeah see while I usually bag out Google at every opportunity I can give them credit for things like Go. Granted a lot of it was throwing money at the right people, such as Rob Pyke, but the point remains.
In a similar vein while I don't know much about Flutter and Dart, those projects no doubt made mobile app development a fair bit easier and streamlined.
...and I really should properly learn Go one of these days...
@eldersnake Yes you should 👌 -- See the thing everyone has to remember is that whilst Google™ poured a lot of money into Go's development, and used it and still do for their own purpose
@eldersnake Yes you should 👌 -- See the thing everyone has to remember is that whilst Google™ poured a lot of money into Go's development, and used it and still do for their own purposes to solve real problems (_mostly that graduates could not get proficient at C++_); Google did not invent Go nor did they really help shape it. The same guys behind UNIX and worked at Bell Labs did. Rob Pyke, Ken Thompson and co. These guys are **really** **really* smart! 😅
@eldersnake Yes you should 👌 -- See the thing everyone has to remember is that whilst Google™ poured a lot of money into Go's development, and used it and still do for their own purposes to solve real problems (_mostly that graduates could not get proficient at C++_); Google did not invent Go nor did they really help shape it. The same guys behind UNIX and worked at Bell Labs did. Rob Pyke, Ken Thompson and co. These guys are **really** **really* smart! 😅
@prologic This article is really good, I learned quite a few things I wasn't aware of! Highly recommended. It took me quite a bit to understand the arena allocator code, though. — What the fuck just happend? Suddenly the page reloaded by itself (I didn't touch my keyboard nor my mouse as I was sitting relaxed in my chair reading) and showed me an HTTP 500. Thank you Medium, you fuckheads! I have a reason usually not visiting this site. — Now continue reading.