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Re:Go 1.27 by codegeek on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:55PM (#49366376)
Do it. It is just a beautiful language to write and much simpler to pickup than many others. I am a fan boy of course but I love Go.
Re:Go 1.27 by osigurdson on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:46PM (#49367000)
Go is extremely easy to pickup. If you know any language you probably know Go already for the most part (channels notwithstanding).

I wouldn't say it is a "beautiful" language however. Though that is in the eye of the beholder, I don't think the Go designers were even really going for beauty.

Re:Go 1.27 by fragmede on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:50PM (#49367070)
They were going for readability. You can make some impossible to read code with C++ because the programmer was too clever, and the designers of golang wanted to avoid that.
Re:Go 1.27 by atomicnumber3 on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @10:23PM (#49369709)
They were, very unfortunately, outsmarted by said too-clever programmers. As such I would like to request my enums and ternaries be returned to me. Trust me, they will not make a dent in the messes people have still managed to create.
Re:Go 1.27 by codegeek on Thursday August 20, 2026 @02:27PM (#49378338)
Exactly. I was talking more about readability.