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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by dimgl on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:45AM (#43333627)
> Go has an ad-hoc, informally specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a decent type system.

It's not lost on me that this is a widely used aphorism. The problem is that it's not true in any way shape or form.

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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by mervz on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:44PM (#43334343)
It absolutely is... Go's type system is an abomination.
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by nipah on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @04:21PM (#43336602)
Let's not assume C#'s type system is THAT much better, it is also a mess in dozens of cases and is hardly pleasant from a DX standpoint.
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Re:A 10x Faster TypeScript by madeofpalk on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:56PM (#43334519)
People using pointers when they want to hack in null values points towards a problem in Go's type system.
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