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by webRat 4182 days ago
Ok? I bet you can figure this out and I bet it's just as easy as Ruby. http://golang.org/doc/install
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Given that getting Ruby installed on those servers involves doing literally nothing, no, it isn't as easy.
You're basically arguing a technicality at this point. How important is it that it takes N time to do X and N+epsilon time to do Y? And how much should this affect one's decision for choosing which programming language to use?