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0 pointssl1ck7316y ago0 comments

Go is a systems language. The term isn't confined to device drivers. It includes platform/backend software such as web servers and things like message queues or the Docker ecosystem.

The term is nebulous though.

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echelon6y ago

That's wrong! Those fall squarely in the application domain.

By your argument Ruby and Python are also systems languages because they can be used to write servers and job queues.

You're not doing real time programming with Go. Don't make systems programming lose its meaning by promulgating this myth.

sl1ck731OP6y ago

Real-time programming can be done in any language, Java for example.

I think you're conflating writing device drivers/kernels with systems programming, which includes those things but is not limited by them.

Regardless, the term's meaning can't be lost if its apparently this hazy.

zepolen6y ago

I don't think you understand what real time programming is.

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nimmer6y ago

Wrong. A system language should at least build shared objects for other languages. Nim can, Go cannot.

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