> this is a Google led project
This doesn't give me much confidence if its Corporate governance rather than open governance.
This doesn't give me much confidence if its Corporate governance rather than open governance.
It may have been started by mostly Googlers but they want other companies and individuals to participate
I think this is going to be an uphill battle for them and I hope they win it but I'll be skeptical unless if I start seeing radical (for google) transparency basically immediately.
Also worth pointing out that the language is not immediately worthless even if they fail or only partially succeed in this endeavor!!
Also, for what it’s worth: despite being an ISO-standard language, C++ is still heavily swayed by corporate interests, with most committee members being tied to BigCos. This has the effect of somewhat-necessarily aligning language progress with its most significant users. Without this alignment, the language might be “better” in some respects, but less useful.
Disclosure: Former Google engineer who worked sorta adjacent to some of those people.
But yes, I agree, we should have no expectation of support for experimental or beta products.
It is not a joke.
It is a reputation that Google has earned through its actions and inactions.
As shown by https://killedbygoogle.com/ and numerous desperate posts for help [1][2][3] on this and other web sites, Google's "must launch a new shiny thing" promotion culture and abysmal customer service have eroded public trust in the long-term viability of anything that Google creates.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5523992
- I don't use golang - As an outsider, the governance has seemed unhealthy like with how dependency management was dropped out of no where
However, it has been relatively successful. Dart's success has been more mixed. I am also looking more broadly at projects like Bazel.