r/javascript • u/endpointben • Aug 11 '15

Netflix.com Adopts Universal JavaScript, Drops Java From Rendering Pipeline

http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/08/netflix-universal-javascript
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u/sgoody Aug 12 '15

God, I want to like Go, but it's so firmly entrenched in the imperative world and that's the opposite direction I'm moving towards these days.

I mean I love the idea of Go's interfaces and single binary deployments and I guess the concurrency is ok too, but really the language seems too simplistic to me (I know that was a design goal).

I'll try and get my kicks elsewhere (C#, JavaScript, Rust, Haskell/F#/Ocaml).

I'm thinking that Rust will be the end of Go personally.

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u/snuxoll Aug 12 '15

Honestly, if they can just get F# ported to .Net core I'll probably be done with every other language in my toolbox except for some occasional Python, Vala and C++ for writing desktop apps (unless someone makes a GTK#3).

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u/stormcrowsx Aug 12 '15

The language simplicity is what kills go for me too. As well as the binary size. Go isn't a good choice for embedded devices or low level programming, its not fast enough to beat out java, and it has less language features than java. I'm waiting on Rust to mature some more and hoping to give it a try but until then I'll just use c for low level and js/python/java for the rest.