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Re:Rob Pike interview by dnautics on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:50PM (#23033749)
> For most applications, I find it's much easier to use a mutex and standard threading tooling than channels/CSP

It's easier to write code with standard threading tooling but I think CSP is much, much easier to debug and avoid deadlocks.

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Re:Rob Pike interview by morelisp on Friday May 01, 2020 @03:43AM (#23039930)
> I think CSP is much, much easier to debug and avoid deadlocks.

This has (still to my surprise) not borne out in real-world cases, at least to the extent Go channels "do CSP".

https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/05/17/understanding-real-world...

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Re:Rob Pike interview by throwaway894345 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @02:46PM (#23034541)
That has not been my experience with CSP via Go channels after 8 years of solid use (I still use channels here and there, but not in a CSP pattern). Different strokes, I suppose.
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