I mostly agree with the op. I was replying to pcwalton's comment, or more specifically those who would solve every problem with a monadic straight jacket. I don

I mostly agree with the op. I was replying to pcwalton's comment, or more specifically those who would solve every problem with a monadic straight jacket. I don't agree that that is always the best way to handle errors. There are tradeoffs involved that are hard to define but really do make a difference. I think Go finds a sweet spot thay has been ignored by the academic community. Hence my labeling of Go's error handling as conceptually imperfect.