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Backward Compatibility, Go 1.21, and Go 2 (go.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by tedu@azorius.net to c/golang@programming.dev

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Boring is good. Boring is stable. Boring means being able to focus on your work, not on what’s different about Go. This post is about the important work we shipped in Go 1.21 to keep Go boring.

There will not be a Go 2 that breaks Go 1 programs. Instead, we are going to double down on compatibility, which is far more valuable than any possible break with the past. In fact, we believe that prioritizing compatibility was the most important design decision we made for Go 1.

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[–] mrkite@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Now if only the people behind Angular held the same belief.

[–] nebiros@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Choose Boring Technology 🫶

[–] koalalorenzo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you consider Go as boring technology? 🤔 sometimes I feel that its simplicity gives less unknown unknowns, and more "boring".

[–] nebiros@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

well, boring tech link is about battle tested tech, not about hype, so, in that sense, yeah, seems “boring” to me, but I love it, :)

[–] austin@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

The backwards compatibility promises of Go definitely makes upgrading a breeze. Java is pretty much in the same boat (except it maintains bytecode compatibility instead of source). When working with languages that don’t offer these promises it’s always a nightmare to upgrade to newer versions.

[–] sjpwarren@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Never is a very long time. I Hope they can maintain that promise because having to write lots of code everytime there is a major upgrade is so costly. I agree with @mrkite, I wish Angular had the same idea and even Vue.