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> Go is simple and simplicity is elegance Can we please let go of this meme? Many polyglot developers complain about the lack of generics, and how Go code ends
by nimmer 9y ago
> Go is simple and simplicity is elegance
Can we please let go of this meme? Many polyglot developers complain about the lack of generics, and how Go code ends up being more verbose and less expressive than languages like Python.
Things like interfaces and pointers to interfaces, structs vs slies and maps are not consistent.
- wtetzner 9y ago>Things like interfaces and pointers to interfaces, structs vs slies and maps are not consistent. Yeah, and inconsistencies are one of the things that make for a more complex language, not a simpler one. In fact, Go has generics, but they only work for magic, built-in types. I would argue that's less simple than just supporting generics, and building your standard library out of language features.