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> it thinks that such things are too complicated to be in the language. Yep. Though, there are two ways to interpret that statement. One of the things that ha
by mumblemumble 6y ago
> it thinks that such things are too complicated to be in the language.
Yep. Though, there are two ways to interpret that statement.
One of the things that has always slightly annoyed me about Go's messaging is that it conflates "complicated for the language's implementers" and "complicated for the language's users." To the point where it sometimes verges on being a sort of mild gaslighting.
- saagarjha 6y agoI personally find languages that treat their users as stupid (providing facilities to the language designers but not its users) to be infuriating. Go is pretty much the paragon of this philosophy.
- mumblemumble 6y agoI'm not even sure that the intent is to treat users as stupid. It seems just as likely that it's just a collective experiment in elevating sour grapes into an art form.