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Re:Why Go is my favorite programming language by wyager on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:08PM (#15054417)
> "there are two types of languages, the ones everyone complains about, and the ones nobody uses"

Of course Bjarne would say that. The reality is, there are some languages that people use a lot and don't complain about nearly as much. Some languages are just actually worse to use. http://andrewvos.com/2011/02/21/amount-of-profanity-in-git-c...

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Re:Why Go is my favorite programming language by japano1se on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:28PM (#15054513)
So of course, going by the logic of linking that article, we're all wasting our time and should just be using PHP?
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Re:Why Go is my favorite programming language by wyager on Saturday August 19, 2017 @02:45PM (#15054930)
Pleasantness of use is only one dimension. I think it makes sense to use C++ sometimes even though it's (evidently) relatively unpleasant.
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