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Re:Constraints in Go by LinXitoW on Sunday November 17, 2024 @04:44PM (#42167582)
It might be nit picking, but that's more the ecosystem or tooling that's great. The language is mediocre, but it's what everyone gushes about.

I still remember people gaslighting everyone that any feature Go had was ESSENTIAL, and every feature Go didn't have was USELESS or too complicated for mere mortals "delivering value".

And the fast compiles at least are in big parts because the language is so horrendously basic. Can't get hung up on checking type constraints if you barely have any.

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Re:Constraints in Go by int_19h on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:28PM (#42189952)
> I still remember people gaslighting everyone that any feature Go had was ESSENTIAL, and every feature Go didn't have was USELESS or too complicated for mere mortals "delivering value".

I'd say this is still the norm in discourse around Go, it's just that the goalposts have moved somewhat since it has more features now.

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