Solod
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A strict subset of Go that translates to C, appealing to people who want Go syntax with direct C interop; critics say it lacks Go library interop and memory safety.
A strict subset of Go that translates to C, appealing to people who want Go syntax with direct C interop; critics say it lacks Go library interop and memory safety.
25 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 11
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Go syntax with direct C interop
“having the ability to write Go syntax and interop directly with C is the plus”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Solod – A Subset of Go That Translates to C” “A safe Go-syntax C target is actually useful for that layer.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Solod – A Subset of Go That Translates to C” Interesting idea: safe Go subset to C
“Making a strict subset of some existing language (Go) be a "better C" is quite an interesting idea”
Comment from 22 Mar 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” “Go subset that compiles into C that is more interesting”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No interop with Go libraries
“There is also no pathway to integrate with existing Go libraries.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Solod – A Subset of Go That Translates to C” “and for what? there's no solod-to-regular-go interop aiui, so just some tooling and the standard library?”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” Undefined behavior from C translation
“since the translation trivially exposes the user to UB that would not be present in Go.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” “The language is not memory safe”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” Unclear advantages over Go
“It's easy to be faster than go if you haven't thought about memory management yet.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” “It's unclear what the advantages are supposed to be.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Solod: Go can be a better C” “What's the point if it's incompatible?”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Solod – A Subset of Go That Translates to C”
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22 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Strict subset of go might be confusing to an agent actually”
“The worst of both worlds.”
“It's unclear what the advantages are supposed to be.”
“since the translation trivially exposes the user to UB that would not be present in Go.”
“and for what? there's no solod-to-regular-go interop aiui, so just some tooling and the standard library?”
“The language is not memory safe”
“Curious, but unpractical.”
“This is a very exciting project”
“It's easy to be faster than go if you haven't thought about memory management yet.”
“For me that destroys the whole purpose of the project.”
“This is actually perfect for me.”
“I would use this unless...I would have to build the std libraries myself.”
“Love the design considerations here!”
“A safe Go-syntax C target is actually useful for that layer.”
“What's the point if it's incompatible?”
“This is a bit too barebones”
“having the ability to write Go syntax and interop directly with C is the plus”
“There is also no pathway to integrate with existing Go libraries.”
“Go subset that compiles into C that is more interesting”
“But then they have block scoped defers.”
“Making a strict subset of some existing language (Go) be a "better C" is quite an interesting idea”
“the memory management story is very clear”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.