I think it is no surprise that one goal of Go is coding at large where large teams are involved. For single person projects that I think you are doing, many people want intellectually stimulating language where Go may fall short.
> I think it is no surprise that one goal of Go is coding at large where large teams are involved.
I don't buy that. There is no proof Go programming at large scales better than Java programming at large.
Go didn't reach the scale of Java programs yet. And no, Kub or Docker, while fairly large, are nothing compared to 15 y.o. multi-million line Java codebases. Go certainly needs less bureaucracy due to the ease of deployment, but it doesn't mean Go projects scale better in large teams.
> For single person projects that I think you are doing, many people want intellectually stimulating language where Go may fall short.
I really hate this kind of arguments. Features like generics aren't intellectually stimulating, they are here because people want to write type safe code. Context.Value(interface{})interface{} isn't type safe code.
Now tell me, what is more intellectually challenging? writing concurrent programs free of race conditions or generics?
> Go didn't reach the scale of Java programs yet. And no, Kub or Docker, while fairly large, are nothing compared to 15 y.o. multi-million line Java codebases.
I didn't claim Java projects do not scale. They do. I use Java all the time at my day job. I would use whatever makes sense. Maybe someday Rust is absolutely essential I would use it then.
> Features like generics aren't intellectually stimulating, they are here because people want to write type safe code.
When people need generics they can use languages with generics facility then. I am not arguing otherwise.
> When people need generics they can use languages with generics facility then. I am not arguing otherwise.
This is the point where Go's advocates disagree with its detractors. The latter tend to feel that you need generics (Just like you need to program in something higher level then assembly) far more frequently then they are told.
