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I read that as arrogance. Before C, naturally no-one knew C. Before Go though, tens of millions know C. They are casually throwing away all of that familiari
by johansch 11y ago
I read that as arrogance.
Before C, naturally no-one knew C.
Before Go though, tens of millions know C.
They are casually throwing away all of that familiarity in the name of elegance. I think this is what might mean that Go doesn't "win".
- frou_dh 11y agoFor someone who can already program, such things are trivial to learn. If you class doing basic design work and taking time to document it as "arrogance" then I'm afraid you may be suffering from negative mindset.
- myg204 11y ago> throwing away all of that familiarity in the name of elegance That looks like a good deal to me! :)
- jesstaa 11y agoIt's important to note that a lot of C programmers don't really understand the C declaration syntax anyway. Most are familiar with the simple cases, very few are familiar with how to declare complex types. I can barely read this: void (signal(int, void (fp)(int)))(int); I can read this easily: func signal(int, func(int)) func(int)