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cool project, better name! What advantages does Go add over other languages?

• zerr 12y ago
  Coolness? I doubt "NES emulator in Java" would get any upvotes with the nowadays userbase of HN... :)
  • kid0m4n 12y ago
    Yep, thats one of the main reasons of basing my startup on Go. For that eventual HN post!
    • easytiger 12y ago
      Its definitely worth the drop in performance!
    • 72deluxe 12y ago
      Is the language really that important to the end product? I know we like to write in our favourite languages or the language we think in, but when you use software daily, do you only use software written in C, for example? Do you refuse to use anything written in C++?
      • 27182818284 12y ago
        Not directly, but very possibly indirectly because of the people a new language attracts: PG already touched on it: http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html
• shurcooL 12y ago
  You can do one command, `go get -u github.com/nwidger/nintengo` and it will be installed. No Makefiles, no header files when developing, the code is nice and clean. Those are some off the top of my head.
  • JetSpiegel 12y ago
    Build Install Azul3D by following the official installion instructions for your platform. go get github.com/nwidger/nintengo Nope
    • slimsag 12y ago
      True, you need to install some things. But these are just: - OS X: Just Go, Git, and XCode (this project doesn't use freetype). - Windows: Just Go, Git, and MinGW. - Linux: Apt can install all dependencies (installation instructions list more than are actually needed -- sorry). And then you get a _single binary_ that runs on the system without the installation of any additional libraries. All libraries used are included by default on any modern OS.