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> I think everyone who uses Go for anything is pretty clear about why they like it, and one of the major reasons is simplicity. Nope. I like Go because: * Int
by parenthephobia 11y ago
> I think everyone who uses Go for anything is pretty clear about why they like it, and one of the major reasons is simplicity.
Nope. I like Go because:
* Interfaces
* A sane, fast, build system
* Concise syntax, mostly
* Garbage collection
* Excellent concurrency support
* A (for the most part) well-designed standard library
* Optional semicolons
* Compile-time type-checking
* Static binaries
I like Go because of the features it has, not because of the features it doesn't have.
On balance, although Go sucks, it sucks less than any other language for the sorts of problems I use it for.
> And to be honest, this whole argument about pitchforks seems like a straw man
If you don't notice that criticism of Go is immediately and vigorously argued against... Well, you can't be following the comments very closely.
- Merovius 11y ago> If you don't notice that criticism of Go is immediately and vigorously argued against... Well, you can't be following the comments very closely. Huh? Have you ever argued against anything on the internet and not been countered immediately? Do you think if I'd publish criticism like this about, say, emacs, haskell, firefox, twitter or puppies, I wouldn't get comments immediately telling me that I am wrong and fundamentally misunderstanding what an editor, programming language, browser, social networking platform or adorable animal photo is all about?
- parenthephobia 11y agoI'm confused. Your tone suggests you're disagreeing with me, but the words mean the opposite. Do you think I said that "only criticism of Go is argued against"? Because I didn't.