Google Go for game programming?

[Butta]

I don't know if anyone has had a look at Google Go. It seems to be a cross between Python and C++. Does this have any potential for game programming?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111013955.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT73v8s

http://golang.org/

 

[rpg.314]

In about 5 years of maturing/developing/training of devs, yeah, it could have potential for game programming.

 

[zed]

This sounds nice

Go compilers produce fast code fast. Typical builds take a fraction of a second yet the resulting programs run nearly as quickly as comparable C or C++ code.

but still far to early to tell (though gotta be better than them pushing javascript), google are as important as apple but have had a few mishits.
I see it uses garbage collection (depending on your POV) thats a neg/positive

 

[makattack]

I haven't installed it yet... but considering the installation process is simple, and just involves installing a python module, I'd be willing to give it a shot when I have time. Unfortunately, I have very little time to play with it. Nevertheless, I am curious about the references in their blog about having it run on the android platform as well...

 

[assen]

Considering Google's focus, I don't see it becoming viable for client development anytime soon. But MMO backends share a lot of characteristics with Google's bread and butter, so my guess is this is the first area it might be used in the game industry.