after recently reviewing a bunch of go I have concluded that I don't like go
I don't even have a concrete reason for it that I could explain. I even sorta like a few things, such as the multiple returns being a first class feature, although the syntax for it feels gross to me for some inexplicable reason. the language just rubs me the wrong way.
@gsuberland i think go is a prime example of the difference between "simple" and "dumb"
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@0xC01DC0FFEE @gsuberland Amos is where I have my second-hand opinions of Go from.
@c0dec0dec0de @0xC01DC0FFEE funnily enough one of the people Amos quotes in that article (expressing an issue with one of the API designs) is a friend of mine. was taken by surprise to see his name in there!
@gsuberland @c0dec0dec0de world is small sometimes :D
@gsuberland my feelings on it are an average of "this language was designed by someone whose head is still in the 80s" and "this language has an undercurrent of contempt for its user"
i don't like it but i begrudgingly admit that it's harm reduction when the alternative is more c
@gsuberland and by undercurrent of contempt i mean rob pike _did_ say it out loud
@whitequark wow the fuckin ego right there