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Re:Go 1.18 by throwaway000811 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @05:26AM (#30696815)
We change the language; people who formerly enjoyed the language now have to put up with a language they rather not. Their only option is to quit programming since there are no programming languages they enjoy left.
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Re:Go 1.18 by pjmlp on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @06:04AM (#30697004)
Or they become adults and acknowledge programming languages are products like anything else and they either evolve or stagnate.

Even COBOL and Fortran keep up with modern times!

Yes, including generics.

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Re:Go 1.18 by jshen on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @07:23PM (#30705463)
C has entered the chat
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Re:Go 1.18 by jppittma on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:05PM (#30706754)
Go 1.7 is still around. If people can still run python2, by all means, keep fighting the good fight.
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