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Not really, since there's a risk of new people deciding to use it whenever it comes up. It would be silly to say "alright, we get it, cigarettes are bad for you

by wyager 10y ago

Not really, since there's a risk of new people deciding to use it whenever it comes up. It would be silly to say "alright, we get it, cigarettes are bad for you, can we stop harping on this please?"

mratzloff 10y ago
Cigarettes kill people. Go is a programming language. There's no need to relitigate the issue in every Go-related post.
- coldtea 10y ago
  >Cigarettes kill people. Very very slowly. Time spent fighting lacking programming languages also kind of kills people (steals time off of their lives).
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AsyncAwait 10y ago
> there's a risk of new people deciding to use it whenever it comes up. And? They're free to do so, if they think it can fit their needs. Also, while Go isn't great, it isn't as terrible as some people make it. It mostly just isn't in any way exciting.
- wyager 10y ago
  > They're free to do so, if they think it can fit their needs. Which is why people need to be here every thread explaining the problems with Go.
bsg75 10y ago
Equating lung cancer and the lack of programming language features? You might be in the wrong business.
pjmlp 10y ago
So what? Even I that disagree with some of the decisions that were taken,see a value in having people using Go instead of C.
- wyager 10y ago
  And people explaining the problems with go allow potential future users to more accurately determine the value of using it.
dang 10y ago
Please don't do programming language flamewars on HN. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13662583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13662583 and marked it off-topic.
- wyager 10y ago
  I was responding to "it's kind of useless to be beating the language up upon every release". My comment applies to literally any programming language release or other product release notification; it makes sense for people to discuss the pros and cons of a product every time it comes up, because A) things change and B) it might be the first time that someone has come across the product. If minor version release notes are on-topic enough to get posted every single time, I'm not really sure how an attached discussion of the product in question (possibly involving criticism) isn't.

by wyager 10y ago

Not really, since there's a risk of new people deciding to use it whenever it comes up. It would be silly to say "alright, we get it, cigarettes are bad for you, can we stop harping on this please?"

mratzloff 10y ago

Cigarettes kill people. Go is a programming language. There's no need to relitigate the issue in every Go-related post.

coldtea 10y ago
>Cigarettes kill people. Very very slowly. Time spent fighting lacking programming languages also kind of kills people (steals time off of their lives).
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AsyncAwait 10y ago

> there's a risk of new people deciding to use it whenever it comes up. And? They're free to do so, if they think it can fit their needs. Also, while Go isn't great, it isn't as terrible as some people make it. It mostly just isn't in any way exciting.

wyager 10y ago
> They're free to do so, if they think it can fit their needs. Which is why people need to be here every thread explaining the problems with Go.

bsg75 10y ago

Equating lung cancer and the lack of programming language features? You might be in the wrong business.

pjmlp 10y ago

So what? Even I that disagree with some of the decisions that were taken,see a value in having people using Go instead of C.

wyager 10y ago
And people explaining the problems with go allow potential future users to more accurately determine the value of using it.

dang 10y ago

Please don't do programming language flamewars on HN. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13662583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13662583 and marked it off-topic.

wyager 10y ago
I was responding to "it's kind of useless to be beating the language up upon every release". My comment applies to literally any programming language release or other product release notification; it makes sense for people to discuss the pros and cons of a product every time it comes up, because A) things change and B) it might be the first time that someone has come across the product. If minor version release notes are on-topic enough to get posted every single time, I'm not really sure how an attached discussion of the product in question (possibly involving criticism) isn't.