Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:53:43 +0100, D wrote:
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I tried a bit of go, and setting up the environment as an amateur was
dead simple.
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Is this also the case for professionals?

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Sure. Compared to setting up for the Java application it was a walk in the
park. Part of it was brought on by ourselves but getting the Java app
built and packaged was convoluted.
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I don't know how well the Go app would have worked out in the long term,
including maintenance after the original programmer left. It never saw the
light of day. That happens sometimes when the client decides to take
another path.
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This is the truth!
One of my customers has an in house developed, huge, java program. They have been developing it, based on a ph.d. thesis for the last 10 years, and they also tried to shun libraries but have written a lot of functionality from scratch.
I almost started to work there 7 years ago, but that would have been too early. It is absolutely fascinating how much they achieved in the past 7 years and how much their program has matured.