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It seems like a lot of dynamically typed language programmers are catching on to Go and it's the best thing they've ever known. Generics are just not that hard.
by fleshweasel 11y ago
It seems like a lot of dynamically typed language programmers are catching on to Go and it's the best thing they've ever known. Generics are just not that hard. They are not the difference between a comprehensible codebase and an incomprehensible one. The only reason they're not in the language along with higher-order list manipulation among other things is because of the idiosyncrasies of Go's creator.
- jerf 11y agoBear in mind that while my job is in dynamically-typed languages, I'm fluent in Haskell, and have done non-trivial work in it. Go wouldn't be as large an upgrade for me if Haskell hadn't taught me so thoroughly what static type systems can do. I'm not just "a dynamically-typed programmer who just discovered Go and thinks its the best thing since sliced bread" or something.
- codygman 11y agoI'm very thankful for your work in figuring out how to make more static guarantees in Go code.