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Re:Go is Google's language, not ours by reallydude on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @01:31PM (#19983408)
> I have no idea what having a "soul" means

A design philosophy. Some sort of measurable practice that influences design. This is not limited to Java. Design by committee has been destroying the maintainability of many languages.

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Re:Go is Google's language, not ours by hackerpacker on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:15PM (#19987707)
"Some sort of measurable practice", not anything remotely like a "soul", in fact invoking "you have no soul" usually means you lost the argument and are now desperate enough to say anything.
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