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Re:Reusable and type-safe options for Go APIs by tapirl on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:11AM (#15526201)
No languages are perfect. Yes Go type system can't enforce everything, but it enforce many things. And Go is still language in evolving.
Re:Reusable and type-safe options for Go APIs by jopsen on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:49AM (#15531187)
My point was that complex type systems also have down sides. Even if you strongly favor algebratic type systems, you have to admit they are harder to learn (at-least initially).

The upside with golang is that it's simple and easy to adopt; tiny learning curve, and code + APIs are intended to be simple.

If you are messing around with complex patterns in golang to get more compile-time correctness checks, you are most likely not keeping it simple. And thus, have missed the most important upside to golang.

Re:Reusable and type-safe options for Go APIs by gdfhhgddhjj on Sunday October 22, 2017 @02:36PM (#15528217)
These are all true things about any language on earth, except perhaps the evolving part.