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>>ustad+(OP)
Go has its fair share of flaws but I still think it hits a sweet spot that no other server side language provides.

It’s faster than Node or Python, with a better type system than either. It’s got a much easier learning curve than Rust. It has a good stdlib and tooling. Simple syntax with usually only one way to do things. Error handling has its problems but I still prefer it over Node, where a catch clause might receive just about anything as an “error”.

Am I missing a language that does this too or more? I’m not a Go fanatic at all, mostly written Node for backends in my career, but I’ve been exploring Go lately.

>>Skepti+OS
> It’s faster than Node or Python, with a better type system than either. It’s got a much easier learning curve than Rust. It has a good stdlib and tooling. Simple syntax with usually only one way to do things. Error handling has its problems but I still prefer it over Node, where a catch clause might receive just about anything as an “error”.

I feel like I could write this same paragraph about Java or C#.

>>ecshaf+LU
Java and C# are both languages with A LOT more features and things to learn. Go someone can pick 80% of the language up in a single day.

>>acedTr+UW
Java is a very tiny language. I don't buy that it would take significantly longer to learn.

>>gf000+if1
Now throw in spring on top of it, which is the standard in large java web codebases. Its very very daunting

>>acedTr+vh1
Well, you ain't adding together two numbers in Go either.

Give me an apples to oranges comparison. With routing, cookies, authN/authz, SQL injection, cross site scripting protection, etc.