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Let me add in autocomplete and, if applicable, import management. Also... > Higher order functions ... no mainstream languages that don’t do this. Go doesn't

by TheDong 11y ago

Let me add in autocomplete and, if applicable, import management. Also... > Higher order functions ... no mainstream languages that don’t do this. Go doesn't, vehemently so. A higher order function, such as map, must be generic, and Go simply doesn't see the need for that. Write more for loops :(

kwhitefoot 11y ago
> autocomplete Isn't that an editor's job?
- TheDong 11y ago
  It is a shared responsibility. The language must allow you to create a sane in-memory representation of code, including partial code, and an autocomplete engine has to be created, taking advantage of that.
garfij 11y ago
> Go doesn't, vehemently so. We seem to have a different notion of what a higher order function is. My understanding is that a higher order function is one that takes one or more functions as arguments, or, returns one or more functions as a result. Go happily supports this.
- TheDong 11y ago
  The author of the article specifically calls out map and reduce. Go does not support higher order functions in nearly the same way as functional languages.