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There must be some very angry people downvoting on this comment section today. Go is very opinionated and it's quite obvious that its original design being so r
by bsaul 8y ago
There must be some very angry people downvoting on this comment section today. Go is very opinionated and it's quite obvious that its original design being so radical (no class, no inheritance, no generics, no macro) was only possible because it was designed by a few very experimented people with a very specific goal in mind.
I'm also worried about how being "community driven" will change the philosophy of the language.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI think "community driven" means less than you fear. I think it means that community feedback is used to push the language in directions that scratch some of the major community itches. That seems perfectly reasonable to me - more reasonable than making changes in a vacuum, in fact. But I don't think that they're going to let the community run wild and completely change the character of Go. I think they're looking for wins that matter to users, but wins that are possible within the framework of what Go is.
- icholy 8y agoI hope you're right
- atombender 8y agoHN has a good rule [1] about comments: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work." The above comment is being downvoted because it just voices dissent, not a real, substantive opinion. I can guess what their intent is, but that's hardly a basis for good discussion. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html