alt Hacker News> why do you think Go is better compared to other languages?
I didn't say that. :)
> where do the results claiming that AI agents generate superior Go code actually come from?
Like I said - reports from users.
> Is it a fair, apples-to-apples comparison?
No - these are reports from users, not a systematic analysis.
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wvenable • yesterday at 6:49 PM
> Like I said - reports from users.
How does that work? Are they generating the same project in different languages and comparing the results? What does it mean for the code to be "better"?
jdw64 • yesterday at 6:02 PM
Ah, I see. I misunderstood.Is the report from an internal source, so it can't be shared? If not, I'd appreciate it if you could send me a link so I can look into it too.
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>> why do you think Go is better compared to other languages?
> I didn't say that. :)
I call this the Go paradox.
I simultaneously believe we should reach for it 80% of the time to solve common collaborative problems. And being a poorer language is actually an asset in these cases.
However, in doing so, we get rusty lose our fluency in more expressive, perhaps even better languages.