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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 00:50:23 JST feld
   > Go is the right choice, being almost as easy to use as Python, and it's faster and more reliable than Java.
   
   >> faster and more reliable than Java
   
   is this... accurate?
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 00:50:58 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @feld Since when has Java been considered unreliable?
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 00:56:18 JST feld

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     • Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:
     JVM is battle hardened to fuck so yeah I don't know where this guy is coming from
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 02:51:52 JST feld

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     • Charles Corbett
     > Go doesn't even rely on libc
     
     this creates its own problems, though.
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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 02:51:54 JST Charles Corbett

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     @feld I am deeply biased, but I would say yeah tbh. Go doesn't even rely on libc - they operate against syscalls directly on the bottom end. Pure native-syscall binaries without a VM.