The Real Reason why Go is not so Popular

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ℹ️ About this video:

Why is Go, the programming language developed by Google in 2007, not as widely adopted as some other languages? Is it due to its relatively new status, with only 15 years under its belt compared to more established languages? Could it be the fact that Go is a statically-typed language, which some developers find less appealing than dynamically-typed languages? Or perhaps it's because Go has fewer features and libraries available, making it less flexible than other options. Or maybe it's simply because Go has a smaller share of the market, with fewer job opportunities available for Go developers. In this video, we'll dive deep into these potential reasons and examine the future of Go in the world of programming.

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[sven_]

Everyone loves static types. Only noobs don't, which is understandable.

[fueledbycoffee]

I would agree to disagree. Yes it doesnt have the same buzz as Rust, but it's being used everywhere in server infra development. If you want to replace a node or python backend for something more performant critical while keeping the development friendly, people usually "go the GO" Route.
TL;DR: Go is ALMOST laser focused on being a server language instead of a more general language costing it popularity points

[bilbobeutlin]

Bro if developers don't like statically typed languages, why is typescript so popular?

[jubbs]

0:52 "[...] variables must be explicitly declared with a specific type."
No. The short-variable declaration (:=) infers the type of the variable from the initialising expression and help make Go feel like a dynamically typed language.
s := "foo"
fmt.Printf("%T\n", s) // string

[inaccessiblecardinal]

Go is the way it is on purpose. Popularity means nothing. Python, the most popular, is "easy" and sloppy and silly and slow. I've never met a Go programmer who can't write in other languages. The good ones will write better code in those other languages than the people who specialize in that other language. Go is for good programmers.

[miracleinnocent]

Go is a hyper focused programming language, and it’s being focusing on that since 2009, so popularity rise to wouldn’t be that high

[JR_hSN]

I love python. After 4-5 months of learning go, I loved that too.
When i need efficiency, i use go. For big projects, i use python. Both are very good & easy language. Both has different use cases

[marcusrehn]

No null stafety mechanisms built in. There is no proper package manager for it. And there is not map, reduce, fold, find or filter for collections. These are the reasons that I wont touch it.

[jackspdr]

Python legacy systems? Python got a boost from AI/ML, and it was primarily a modeler before you ported to C++ (but now it's production) Simple answer Go, C++, and C are harder so developers are more apt for JavaScript like coding. But all backbone and infrastructure will stay on the afore mentioned

[asdqwe]

It doesn’t deal with null safety and it doesn’t have map, filter and reduce. It’s like programming in Java 5, but with a fantastic asynchronous model. It does one thing really well and the rest it does meh

[gk]

The Golang standard library is small? O.o

[bexplosion]

Also GO is mostly used for web, not desktop or mobile apps and in no game engine

[rumpeldrump]

Year u like and prefer Python. Good news, u can.
But don't tell it's, the rise of Python came with Big data, untill then scripting languages.lik3 rub, perl and python were on the downside.

[JulianHarris]

2009 not 2007 — I was in Mountain View when they released it, I have the t-shirt

[kostasgkoutis]

Go (or any other language for that matter) isn't so popular because the other languages don't suck so much as the internet would want you to believe. And 15 years is actually a long time, so don't get your hopes up.

[pepperparkffm]

If Python was release in 1991 and Go in 2009, there's a difference of 18 yrs, not 15.

[GoonCity]

Python handles simplicity, Rust handles speed with wider features than C++. Go is in neither extreme.

[froreyfire]

Go it just really a boring language. That's a good thing, as it means easy transitions and little surprises. It's a very good tool. On the other hand, there is nothing to make one really super-excited, like Rust or Haskell or Clojure does.

[Rei-mg]

Honestly it's quicker to get golang jobs since the competition is less hence they'll hire you even if ure an entry dev.

[mintx]

Real 2 reasons:
1. Icon sucks
2. Not in cs101 courses