Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy

Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by theshrike79 on Monday November 27, 2023 @12:25PM (#38435128)

Exactly. Code is read WAY more often than it's written.

Go is verbose, that's true. And if the speed of writing code is the biggest hurdle in your productivity you're either a true 100x coder savant or deluded.

Go is boring, boring is good when you need shit to work every time. And especially when you can't pick the top1% geniuses to work on it and might need to bring some rando up to speed to the project AND language quickly.

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Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by dave4420 on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:13PM (#38436781)

Go is verbose. That slows me down when I’m _reading_ code. Especially when it means the chunk of code I’m reading doesn’t fit on my screen.

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Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by stouset on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:47PM (#38437223)

Or when I have to pick out what the actual logic is amidst a forest of error handling. Or mentally deconstruct some complicated loop to figure out it's just doing a map, filter, reduce.

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Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by baby on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @01:36PM (#38535061)

Java is verbose, C++ is verbose, Golang is not. Golang actually cared about verbosity. For example, uppercase letter means that your function is exposed, no keyword!

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