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The simplicity of Go isn't in a syntactic minimalism. It's in the self-conscious restraining of abstractive power (eg. the article's example of the only generic

The simplicity of Go isn't in a syntactic minimalism. It's in the self-conscious restraining of abstractive power (eg. the article's example of the only generic data structures being slices and maps).

ken 7y ago
We already have a term for that: “low level”. I assume that people are trying to attach it to the term “simple” because that word has a much more positive connotation, but the meaning isn’t the same.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  “Low level” often means “close to the metal”, though.