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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by jtasdlfj234 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:50PM (#38872765)
I would have more respect if they at least admitted to the flawed type system but instead say it is not a problem. It is disappointing to see past mistakes repeated in a new programming language. Even the Java language creator was humble enough to admit fault for the null pointer problem. The Go devs do not have such humility.

https://github.com/uber-go/nilaway

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by grumpyprole on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:36PM (#38873253)
It's interesting that they brought in Phil Wadler to help retrofit polymorphism, it literally is history repeating itself (Wadler did Generics retrofit for Java over 20 years ago).
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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by coolgoose on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:58PM (#38872851)
The nil handling (or the lack of) in go is right now my biggest annoyance with the language :)
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