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Re:Go proposal: Leave “if err != nil” alone? on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:28PM (#20306730)
Go's opinionated, three line if is part of the problem. A single line if or ternary operator would reduce the line noise.
Viral crap making the rounds.
Re:Firefox: The Evolution of a Brand on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @01:49PM (#20157738)
All they do is rebrand, I don't think any programmers work at Mozilla anymore.
It was accepted but that PEP caused the whole kerfuffle correct? It became fashionable to have a strong opinion on assignment vs equality.
the := PEP stunk badly of cargo cult programming, you see knee-jerk proposals like that every time a blog makes the rounds and Guido deserved the pushback
Probably because it's not 1 million Swedes entering the country illegally every year.
Re:How not to design a wire protocol on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @12:13AM (#19316538)
I see snark and politics rules are selectively enforced.
Re:Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts on Monday February 25, 2019 @03:28PM (#19249121)
There's nothing worse than quirky alternative music.
Re:Handling 1M websocket connections in Go on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:07AM (#19162925)
I didn't think Go rewrites were common anymore since the results were mediocre.
Re:Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginning of the end' on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @03:40PM (#19099657)
Karma is awful as well for similar reasons.