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Re:A Rust Contributor Tries Their Hand at Go by innguest on Thursday April 30, 2015 @01:40PM (#9466483)
I very much agree with you.

A zip code is a string even though it looks like a number.

Likewise C/Java/Go "types" are tags even though they look like types. Real types are numbers that obey type algebra, which C/Java/Go have no idea exists.

The Algebra of Algebraic Data Types: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YScIPA8RbVE

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