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Ask HN: The Future of Go-Lang?

by was_boring on 9/21/19, 5:19 PM with 3 comments

Would you start a new project in Go? It seems the hype train has died on it (which isn't itself a bad thing), but would you consider it?

I'm thinking of starting a new project with it. It needs relatively high throughput (~20k transactions a second) but unsure if Go is a good choice. I like the simple syntax, low memory footprint and easy threading/routines.

  • by verdverm on 9/21/19, 5:30 PM

    Golang is here to stay. Look at the most significant projects out there, many are written in Go. It's a great language which I use daily and will continue to do so.

    What other choices are you considering?

  • by bt848 on 9/21/19, 5:49 PM

    The answer really depends on the nature of these transactions. For example if you can achieve the desired throughput with one thread that could change your decision.

  • by streetcat1 on 9/21/19, 6:27 PM

    Yes. It is the language of Kubernetes.

    And Kubernetes is the new OS.