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I’m pretty sure the people that say they won’t use go for new code won’t use go for new code. Not sure what your point is.

Go (like Rust) is not particularly popular ourside the wider HN/SV community.

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This is just not true. 2.5 years ago when I was looking for a remote-only go job, I had so many positions to look at, I had to put them in a spreadsheet. None of them were in silicon valley .

Many many places are using go here and there. From start ups to big enterprises.

It's rarely all they do, but it's pretty common to have some backend in go.

I mean, sure, Go is also used elsewhere but it's at least at the moment still tiny in comparison with other languages.

Other than my own experience, I've seen some data that led me to believe that Go is more pervasive than I previously perceived:

    Go started out with a share of 8% in 2017 and now it has reached 18%.
    In addition, the biggest number of developers (13%) chose
    Go as a language they would like to adopt or migrate to.

https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/

Regardless of variance, I wouldn't call 18% tiny. Specially given the trend:

https://jaxenter.com/go-number-one-for-2019-hackerrank-repor...

The same survey claims that Go is more popular than C. I would be interested to know how well the Jetbrains user base represents the overall developer community.

> The same survey claims that Go is more popular than C

None of the two surveys claim that. Feel free to point out where it does.

From the jetbrains link you posted. 18% used Go last year, 17% used C.

Ok so your definition of popular is usage in the last 12 months in this case. And by 1%.

C is a niche low level language. Doesn't surprise me that a higher level language is used more often.

What's SV?

Sillicon Valley ... ?

I guess it is Silicon Valley.

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