=Go, google's programming language.

[GetTriggerUnit-]

Google launched it's own programming language.
They say it's very fast.
They demonstrate it in a 59 mins video where they compile a 6k lines code in .2 seconds.
They also explain how it works and how to use it. It's a mix of Charp, C++, Java, Delphi and Python. They take the best from each programming language and mix it in one language which should be awesome.
They say it's as fast as C to exec and as fast as Python to write.

I haven't tested it yet, but the main site, if you want to learn more info,
www.golang.org (Official site).
More info:
Info
Video

I personnaly, support google in all what they do. I use Google Chrome for a browser and I censored yahoo from my sites. Go, google!

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[Tru_Power22]

This has already been posed (on the front page actually). I still say this is going to be a very cool language.

 

[GetTriggerUnit-]

Oh, didn't know.

Well, here's a thread to talk about it .

It's going to be awesome, done with what the people want in it.

 

[Tru_Power22]

Eh, I still much prefer python or C syntax.

Declaring variables seems backwards.

var apples [10]int;

What the hell?

(Declares a variable called apples as an integer array in case anyone was wondering).

 

[Lyerae]

Go variables are kinda weird. :nuts:
I'll stick with C/C# for now.

 

[Xorifelse]

The language seems interesting, especially the server loop.
But how effective is this?

Is this like event based like waiting till a package arrives, or is it continuously looping, waiting for a variable to be filled?

Looping takes a lot of the CPU, but if it's waiting for events such as incoming packages then this is the way to go. C# or C++ have bad support for this and I agree with them, if this really is the NextGen language it won't be bad to learn this.

I also agree about the variable type casting, in PHP / JavaScript this is very annoying.

And how about output of integers / strings? Does the compiler automatically convert integers to strings, and vice verca.

Overall, this seems like a powerful language although looping and arrays seems quite boring. They could have updated that. Take a look at lua for example. The table (array) in lua and table looping are quite powerful, flexible but again typecasting is a pain. If they really took the best out of every language, they surely forgot about this one.

 

[Darthfett]

Eh, I still much prefer python or C syntax.

Declaring variables seems backwards.

Are you suggesting python variables are normal? They don't define types or array sizes at all.

var apples [10]int;

What the hell?

(Declares a variable called apples as an integer array in case anyone was wondering).

Declare a variable -> var

called apples -> apples

as an integer array -> [10]int

It may be strange, but Google is known for liking to change precedents.

 

[Vestras]

> C# or C++ have bad support for this

C# is completely event based.

Also, I really don't like this language. I don't know why, it just seem really, really unoriginal. Yeah, it might be fast, but what does it have than that? A mix of C#, C++ and Python? Woohoo.

Oh yeah - just a question - can this language only be used for console apps or also WinForms?

Plus I don't like editing in notepad

 

[Slapshot136]

there are a few good I like about it

1. pointers but no arithmetic on them - helps prevent you from going somewhere you dident intend to
2. garbage collection - no more leak worries
3. it's supposedly fast - I dont know how fast it is compared to C++ yet tho, but if it is close I would be happy

hopefully google comes out with an IDE or something soon (link plz if they already do)

 

[Xorifelse]

hopefully google comes out with an IDE or something soon (link plz if they already do)

They have for Linux and OSX compilers, not for Windows yet. That isn't a problem for me

http://golang.org/doc/install.html

 

[tooltiperror]

var apples [10]int;

Makes perfect sense to me.

Make a Variable named "Apples", it needs to be any array, and there should be ten slots. (It's an integer array, by the way.)

 

[GooS]

variable apples is an array of integers,

not very confusing and makes declaring multiples of the same sort easy as he pointed out in the video.

var apples, oranges, bananas [10]int;

Don't know if I did that correctly but something like it, he showed it with pointers.

Anyways, the language seems ok, but I'll stick with C++ 'til people start taunting me for still using it. Don't really care about the compilation speed, with good abstraction and make a C++ project can be (re)compiled rather fast. Havn't really made anything real big yet though.

//==GooS

 

[GetTriggerUnit-]

@Vestras, I'm pretty sure they'll do a WindowsForm.

It's still being developped.

 

[UndeadDragon]

Some features are cool, like the speed, compiling and garbage collection, however I am not too keen on the actual syntax. I guess I will give it a try, but I don't expect to like it that much.

 

[Tru_Power22]

var apples, oranges, bananas [10]int;

That is not a good programming practice. It's easier to read variables if there is one per line.

The only thing that is nice about the language is speed.