"meta" issue - why c++ and not go ?

[sbinet]

hi,

it would be interesting to document (probably in the wiki) why the project was migrated from Go to C++...

-sebastien

[chrisvana]

Good idea.

Making a build system for C++ is actually a bit harder than go (they did a good job, minus a few rough edges, with the "go build" tool). Using C++ for Repobuild let me use it as a test case. Also, I found that go became hard to read/refactor after a certain point of complexity. This possibly just meant I was using it incorrectly, or just have far more expertise in C++. As a result, after I got to a certain point, I gave up on it.

[sbinet]

OK.
I'd be interested in having a look at that previous version written in Go...

-s