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I am not talking about runtime dependencies, which multi-binaries and busybox address. I am talking about the source code dependencies. When you have 100 times the number of entities (persons/projects) providing the source code golang pulls in for the easy-peasy build, vetting is 100 times more work.

I really admire the lightning fast compiles of golang and the language features - but the security nightmare of their standard repo is something that younger programmers don't seem to understand, and is shared by other new languages.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

indeed, along with numerous other features i'd razor out the stdlib (strings is another feature i'd remove)

i'm a rabid golang maxi... less features, more security, more speed

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

for sure the stdlib is the biggest anchor dragging Go down

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

aside from strings

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