Re:New in Go 1.20: wrapping multiple errors
by lelanthran on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:14AM
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> "Old language have it, so it must not be a problem" is not a very convincing argument.
That strawman is not the argument. The argument is that "popular languages have it, so it must be solving some problem".
You can say what you like about popularity, but it still remains a good indicator of what works in practice and what doesn't, especially when the alternatives are all well-known and have been around for decades.
That strawman is not the argument. The argument is that "popular languages have it, so it must be solving some problem".
You can say what you like about popularity, but it still remains a good indicator of what works in practice and what doesn't, especially when the alternatives are all well-known and have been around for decades.