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Golang ins't all that new. I don't get it why so many articles exploring the basics get so much spotlight. It's a good language. I'd like to see more articles

• jeremymcanally 13y ago
  Ruby was about 10 years old before most people took notice. :) It often takes time for languages to get traction.
• corresation 13y ago
  The language was conceived under four years ago, and only quite recently was considered production ready. Yes, in the pantheon of programming languages it is very new. Further many of us have stayed at a distance until the ecosystem of supporting libraries and supports are robust enough (I love everything about developing, but my primary concern remains paying the bills and pulling in the lucre, so exploratory or academic languages don't get prioritized). I am quite sure that a large percentage of HNers are interested in the language, but haven't yet taken the dip and thus are intrigued by things like this.