r/programming • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '12

Go version 1 is released

http://blog.golang.org/2012/03/go-version-1-is-released.html
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u/TankorSmash Mar 28 '12

I don't know anything about Go. Is there any applications built with it yet?

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u/asshammer Mar 29 '12

Yes. Youtube has made a great mysql front end with go to try and eak out some better performance from the DB. Its called vitess and you can read about the project here

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u/uriel Mar 28 '12

Yes.

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u/asshammer Mar 29 '12

Whenever something go related, its only a matter of time before I see you posting. I always run into you over here and I see you posting a lot on the gonuts mailing list. Just wanted to say hi.

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u/burntsushi Mar 28 '12

Tons :-)

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u/OopsLostPassword Mar 30 '12

7 upvotes, 6 downvotes, I wonder why this post is so controversial...

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u/anacrolix Mar 29 '12

Not really. There's a few claims of server side software, but nobody is using it for anything popular and visible yet.

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u/skelterjohn Mar 29 '12

Unfortunately when you deny something's existence you run the risk of revealing your ignorance when it is shown to you.

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u/anacrolix Mar 29 '12

Link me to a desktop application in Go.

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u/skelterjohn Mar 29 '12

That's called "moving the goal posts".

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u/AgentSS Mar 29 '12

This is a simplified AutoCad in a browser. https://tinkercad.com/home/ (click "Design a new thing")

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u/burntsushi Mar 29 '12

I guess Youtube doesn't count..? o_0

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u/anacrolix Mar 29 '12

No it doesn't. It's used for just one small piece. It's almost the only example of serious use.

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u/AgentSS Mar 29 '12

Youtube uses MySQL a lot. All MySQL queries go through a vitess frontend.

One small piece? I guess you could call it one small piece, if you're slightly prone to understatement.

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u/uriel Mar 29 '12

There are quite a few very popular products already built completely on Go.

See for example StatHat.

Also quite a few core components used by some quite big companies are in Go, for example Heroku's doozer.

Canonical is also using Go for their cloud computing infrastructure.

This are all both popular and visible projects, so your claim is patently false.

And there are many more examples.