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0 pointspjmlp11y ago0 comments

> OS and Android supports are on their way in case you're not following recent developments.

Yes, but it remains to be seen how Go's view on data structures map Objective-C and Java APIs.

As for Android support, the Android team doesn't seem to care any little bit about it, given their statements on Google IO.

So you have developers of a Google language trying to target a Google platform, where the platform owners just want to support Java (NDK is a kind of stepchild).

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enneff11y ago

The rough shape the Go<->Java mapping has already been formed:

https://godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.mobile/cmd/gobind

pjmlpOP11y ago

Thanks for pointing this out.

Even though I don't like some of Go's decisions, it would be nice to see it on Android. After all, I created the ticket request on Android Tools.

But the feedback at Google IO from Android's team in this regard was disappointing.

mwcampbell11y ago

Why do you want to see Go on Android? Yesterday, on the C++14 thread, you told me about why you gave up Turbo Pascal for C++ when you started programming for Windows 3.0 because you wanted to use a language officially supported by the OS vendor. If we apply that logic consistently, it seems to me that it would be best to just use Java on Android, unless you want to share code between platforms.

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