Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22

Re:Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22 by badrequest on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:05PM (#37575740)

Are you suggesting Rob Pike has no experience designing a programming language?

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Re:Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22 by ziyao_w on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:09PM (#37575804)

I think the parent was trying to imply that Ken Thompson had no experience in designing a programming language :-)

Seriously though, "having experience" and "getting things right" are two different things, although Golang got a lot of things right, and the parent is being unnecessarily harsh.

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Re:Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22 by ranting-moth on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:11PM (#37575827)

Or Ken Thompson?

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Re:Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22 by kubb on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @04:13PM (#37575861)

I should say language design knowledge.

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Re:Fixing for Loops in Go 1.22 by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @06:02AM (#37582370)

Are you aware who these people are?

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