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0 pointscodegeek1d ago0 comments

I love Go. But I prefer .NET for web development that also compiles to a binary and has a great ecosystem of libraries and packages. Go is great if standard library works (and it can for many cases) but when you need to start looking into non standard libraries, Go can hit limitations.

For example, to build a full production web application with database in Go, there is no great out of the box migration tool. There are some good 3rd party libraries of course but compared to something like EFCore in .NET, they don't come as close.

For me, it is now .NET and then Go. Of course, I use Go when just doing a lot of non web stuff as well.

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bronlund1d ago

Comparing Go and .NET is like comparing a Honda with an aircraft carrier with wheels.

MarkSweep1d ago

Eh, at least for people consuming .NET apps compiled with NativeAOT, the experience is similar. Applications can be compiled as a single file with no dependancies. A hello world in .NET is half the size of one in Go:

https://github.com/MichalStrehovsky/sizegame

cloudfudge1d ago

> that also compiles to a binary

"compiles to a binary" is not a useful criterion. The criterion Go is winning on is "compiles to a single, completely self-contained binary," meaning it does not depend on libc or any external runtime. You can't say that about .NET. You can't say that about damn near any other programming language. It's extremely rare. The fact that .NET uses a binary packaging format is, like... well ok, so what?

kevinmgranger1d ago

.Net can compile to a self-contained binary: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/nati...

cloudfudge1d ago

That isn't truly self-contained. It still relies on libc.

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potato-peeler1d ago

I suppose you are missing the point. Go had support for self contained binaries since its introduction in ~2009. This was not the case with dotnet, if i am not wrong.

But nevertheless , if any language provides something like that, win-win for entire ecosystem.

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bronlund1d ago

Comparing Go and .NET is like comparing a Honda with an aircraft carrier with wheels.

MarkSweep1d ago

https://github.com/MichalStrehovsky/sizegame

cloudfudge1d ago

> that also compiles to a binary

kevinmgranger1d ago

.Net can compile to a self-contained binary: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/nati...

cloudfudge1d ago

That isn't truly self-contained. It still relies on libc.

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potato-peeler1d ago

I suppose you are missing the point. Go had support for self contained binaries since its introduction in ~2009. This was not the case with dotnet, if i am not wrong.

But nevertheless , if any language provides something like that, win-win for entire ecosystem.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse