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Re:We Switched from Python to Go by ternaryoperator on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:24AM (#33353466)
> It's not targeted to be easy to learn.

Not sure where you get that idea. "Easy to learn" is literally the second bullet point on the go home page. [0]

The golang authors (Russ Cox, etc.) in Communications of the ACM (May 2022): "Go is efficient, easy to learn, and freely available..."[1]

...and many other places similarly.

[0] https://go.dev/ [1] https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/5/260357-the-go-programm...

Re:We Switched from Python to Go by zbobet2012 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @12:27PM (#33360019)
_without basic cs knowledge_ is the second part of that sentence you cut out.

Go is easy to learn, for developers who already have fluency with notions such as pass by reference, typing, etc.