[dventimi]

> Another in the long line of languages that are created to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

I assure you that the problems Gosu was created to solve did indeed exist at the time that it was created.

> Even worse, created as a way to force P&C carriers to be tightly coupled to a proprietary piece of software.

I assure you this also is not true. For evidence, I encourage you to notice the fact that Gosu is not a proprietary piece of software.

> With one industry being the only relevance for the language

Put another way. "Number of heavily-capitalized industries where Gosu is heavily used: At least 1." Would you rather it be 0?

> and that industry with usually the worst IT technical talent available.

Please. There's fierce competition for that distinction.

[maelstrom2]

I didn't say Gosu was proprietary. They've taken this whole "open-source" catchphrase and made some CIO's, that generally don't know anything other than budgets and bodies, feel better.

It does, however, tie you completely to the Guidewire platform/products. A very smart move by the company. It will be decades before these slow-moving behemoths will rip out this language that was a blip on the radar. That doesn't mean it was needed or is as historically important as the devs seem to think.

[dventimi]

Oh, God. Trust me, the swiftness or tardiness with which insurance companies replace their Guidewire stack will have nothing whatsoever to with Gosu.