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Re:Go 2 Draft Designs by simias on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:44AM (#17866449)
So does C but you don't expect the same things from a language from the 70's. I don't think C or Fortran would be very popular if they were released today.
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Re:Go 2 Draft Designs by yiyus on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @09:33AM (#17868068)
I won't argue with that, but I'd just like to say that the newest Fortran versions actually make a quite modern language.

Most of its quirks are related with compatibility with older versions. If a new version without that handicap was released today, it may look nicer than most people think.

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Re:Go 2 Draft Designs by foldr on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @06:12AM (#17867074)
Sure, I'm not denying that generics are useful sometimes. It's just that people sometimes exaggerate how big of a problem it is not to have them.
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