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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by steveklabnik on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:36PM (#22446631)
Sure, but the argument was that folks would reject it, when they in fact have explicitly added it. Its effectiveness is another story; not only along the axis you were talking about, but also others, but that's a separate conversation.
Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by admax88q on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:00PM (#22446819)
The language maintainers adding new features to appeal to people newer to the language is not mutually exclusive with veterans of the language not adopting the new features.
Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by gpderetta on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:14PM (#22447297)
Some form of optional has been in wide use in the c++ community for more than 20 years.