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Such primitives would bring a lot of complexity which is something Go tried to avoid. Consider that make, map, chan etc are just language features/specs just l
by thefounder 8y ago
Such primitives would bring a lot of complexity which is something Go tried to avoid.
Consider that make, map, chan etc are just language features/specs just like int64, string, func, main etc
- quotemstr 8y agoWhy should string be fundamental?
- tptacek 8y agoNobody said it "should" be. It simply is, in Go, the language we're discussing. If you nerdsnipe an HN thread with an argument that there's no difference between a language, its runtime, and its standard library, people are going to pile on to point out that's not true.