At GopherCon EU Athens 2024, the hosts play the game show 'Gopher's Say' where teams guess Go developers' favorite programming languages and professions in the tech industry. They also discuss favorite developer tools and announce the game show results.
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JavaScript ranked third as the favorite non-Go programming language among gophers with 8 people choosing it.
Generics was suggested to be removed from Go by 12 people, while 17 people stated that they would not remove any feature from Go.
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Favorite non-Go programming language
The game show "Gophers Say" asked gophers their favorite non-Go programming language. JavaScript was ranked third, with 8 people choosing it as their favorite. Rust was also mentioned, with 5 people selecting it.
First Go function that comes to mind
In another round of "Gophers Say," gophers were asked to name the first Go function that comes to their mind. "FMt.Println" was the second position answer, chosen by 12 people. "Main" was the top answer, with 25 people selecting it.
Feature to remove from Go
Gophers were asked to name one feature they would remove from Go. Generics was the second position answer, with 12 people suggesting its removal. The top answer was "nothing," with 17 people stating that they would not remove any feature from Go.
Our award winning worthy survey game show is back, this time Mat Ryer hosts it live on stage at GopherCon EU Athens 2024! Join in & play along as we see which team can better guess what these GopherCon gophers had to say!
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