Apparently a good way to get public eye attention to a programming language is to write malware in it. :^)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/24/google_go_trojan/

On Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 12:02:42 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Apparently a good way to get public eye attention to a programming language is to write malware in it. :^)
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/24/google_go_trojan/

I noticed that as well.

In Go's case, it might be enough to have Google's blessing, but who knows.

On 9/26/12 10:23 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 September 2012 at 12:02:42 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>> Apparently a good way to get public eye attention to a programming
>> language is to write malware in it. :^)
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/24/google_go_trojan/
>
> I noticed that as well.
>
> In Go's case, it might be enough to have Google's blessing, but who knows.

Paulo, I recall you're a participant in both Go and D communities, and I think we could learn a lot from them (and by transitivity, you). Are there things, for example, that work well for them that we should also do? Any insight would be appreciated.


Thanks,

Andrei

Come on people, lets get on it then.

First order of business:
	0-day exploits.  Who has them?



On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:03:25 -0500, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Apparently a good way to get public eye attention to a programming language is to write malware in it. :^)
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/24/google_go_trojan/


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