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pcwalton on Aug 5, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A little Golang way

Go isn't going away anytime soon. Neither is Rust. You shouldn't choose Rust over Go because of fear of the language being abandoned.

(I'm not too familiar with Nim's community so I can't speak to it.)

KirinDave on Aug 5, 2015 [–]

Some people have concerns and it's just good to shop the ecosystem around. Competition is healthy.

For the record, I've chosen to use Go over alternatives, although Nim sings to my very soul.

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