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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by AnimalMuppet on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:38PM (#22446119)
> Go promised me that I wouldn't have to deal with such weird specific knowledge of its semantics.

Where, specifically, did Go promise you that? I know of no languages where you don't, sooner or later, have to have weird specific knowledge of the semantics.

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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by whateveracct on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:15PM (#22446444)
In all of its marketing and propaganda? Constant comparisons to languages like Java bemoaning boilerplate and idiosyncrasies?

I think it's perfectly fair to say that this behavior is not in line with Go's philosophy.

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