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		brigadier132 on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The simplicity of single-file Golang deployments So by that logic Golang reinvented the wheel by creating a new programming language when java already existed

asalahli on March 24, 2023 [–]

Yes. Is reinventing the wheel always a bad thing, though? Not if you ask me, not if the new wheel has novel characteristics and performs better in some aspects.

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