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> I like Go specifically because it is boring. I dislike Go because it's resulting programs are not boring. So many things can and do panic.

• spudlyo 10y ago
  I think that's just sloppy error handling, which is lame and unprofessional, but that's like saying you dislike Python because of all the stack traces.
  • kqr 10y ago
    ... but I do dislike Python because of all the stack traces. Like 98% of the run time errors (and subsequent stack traces) I get in my Python applications could have been prevented by a proper type system.
  • codygman 10y ago
    That's quite presumptuous. The real reason is that Go programs can panic for silly things.