Golang never posed as functional. It is this way by design. The same holds for C. If you need a functional language try something else. For me, the code does n

Golang never posed as functional. It is this way by design. The same holds for C. If you need a functional language try something else. For me, the code does not prove anything. It would prove if Golang posed as functional and you had to do it this way. Disclaimer : Big Golang fan.