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Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by madeofpalk on Monday November 27, 2023 @01:24PM (#38436040)
Using pointers just to get a 'null' is just an annoying hack reflective of poor design. Instead, "no value" should be able to be directly represented.
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Re:Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple != Easy by Cthulhu_ on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:45AM (#38474116)
In Go that's the zero value, which is usually things like empty string, 0, [], etc; in most cases that's good enough.
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