The key point here is our programming language designers are Googlers, they’re not researchers. They’re typically, fairly young, fresh out of school…
Robert Griesemer, the youngest of Go's original authors (the other two are Rob Pike and Ken Thompson) was 45 when they started working on Go.
Robert Griesemer, the youngest of Go's original authors (the other two are Rob Pike and Ken Thompson) was 45 when they started working on Go.