Go is static but doesn't encourage this. The more experienced I've become the less I find myself doing this in languages like C++ either. It's seductive until

Go is static but doesn't encourage this. The more experienced I've become the less I find myself doing this in languages like C++ either. It's seductive until you start getting excited more about higher order reasoning about algorithms and about what programs really accomplish and less about just showing off. A breakthrough program written in some uncool language like VB.NET is more impressive to me than yet another ________ written in Haskell or Rust with perfect abstractions.