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by tomwilde 4322 days ago
Those properties are not mutually exclusive.
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seabee 4322 days ago
C++ is the counterexample in nearly all such cases, for better or worse!
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rakoo 4322 days ago
The important distinction here is that go creators never set "system programming" as a goal, contrary to what OP implied in the blog post.

Now, whether go turns out to be good at that task is another story

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andralex 4322 days ago
Go has been announced as a systems programming language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT73v8s. After some backlash the slogan has been changed quietly.
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