What purpose does putting work into Plan 9 support serve other than wastefully gratifying Rob Pike? Most Googlers I've spoken to despise this guy's reactionary lordship over the project, and seeing stuff like this lends evidence to the idea of it being a North Korean situation.
> Most Googlers I've spoken to despise this guy's reactionary lordship over the project,
This is pure nonsense.
On the flip side, I'm glad that the Plan 9 port was contributed by the outside community, and that my suspicions about a poor engineer being put up to overtly political work were untrue.
> Most Googlers I've spoken to despise this guy's reactionary lordship over the project
and then water it down to
> a significant majority of the people I have spoken with strongly disagree with the choice not to invest more in the type system.
then it seems like you're editorialising. Bear in mind that you're talking about real people and real relationships. Fanning the flames of hatred is unnecessary at best and sociopathic at worst. (Yes, I know people do this on the Internet all the time. That doesn't make it right.)
And this is the 3rd time in a few months that I've heard that Googlers generally don't like Go and don't use it. So, that's kind of interesting.
Anyway, I don't think you can call an activity sociopathic if the vast majority of humans take part in it. (Having opinions and spreading rumors didn't start with the Internet either.)
If you think the vast majority of people go around saying negative shit about people they don't know, then you need to reevaluate your worldview.
Maybe you're experiencing some observation bias, as the people who do this are highly visible, but the reality is that most people do not relish publicly spreading negativity.
There's a reason why people become known as the "town gossip" and are looked down upon for it.
Wat‽ Talk to more of us. From where I sit (ie. not related in any way, just an observer who happens to be a Googler) the go team is fantastic.
* Go is an excellent tool for getting things done. * Go is great for reading large amounts of other people's code. * Go team is truly impressive. I expect Go to only get better.