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> It is an objectively incorrect generalization to say that people dislike Go It is not, people USE go, they do not like go really.

lordgroff 4y ago
Really? I like Go, I might even love it.
phinnaeus 4y ago
I like Go
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thadt 4y ago
This is true, I don't really like Go. After years of writing code in Assembly, C, C++, Perl, Basic, C#, Java, Python, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Lua, Zig, and Go I find that what I really like is good tooling, and code that is easy to read and reason about. Go the language and toolset happen to do this really rather well at the moment though.
bmurphy1976 4y ago
Nonsense. I love it and I've been programming since the 80's. I watched (and used) C++ as it grew into the monstrosity it is today. I've written and maintained production code in F#, C#, Python, Ruby, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Lua, VBScript, Visual Basic, C, and C++ and every variant of shell scripting imaginable. I've spent time working with Erlang, Haskell, Rust and a variety of other exotic languages because I found it interesting. I created a port of Clojure's Transducers to C# because I could. I am not afraid of abstractions, functional programming, or complicated CompSci concepts. And yet I keep going back to Go.
- booleandilemma 4y ago
  I like Go as a language in the abstract sense, but the experience of writing Go code is so tedious to me. Refusing to compile if there's an unused variable or unused import is too harsh - at least give me the option to make these things warnings.
  - s_c_r 4y ago
    My usual approach is to comment stuff out while debugging/developing. Works well.
  - sidlls 4y ago
    Having unused variables or unused imports makes the code dirty and should be treated as errors. It's one of the (few) good things about Go.
    - IlliOnato 4y ago
      In production code? Absolutely. While you experiment, write throw-away code, debug? Hell no!
    - wtetzner 4y ago
      Sure, but it’s a lot of extra friction when iterating/debugging.
- titzer 4y ago
  PL arguments are like: "I like icecream." "You idiot! I hate icecream and think everyone who likes icecream is a raging moron who deserves having their teeth rot out of their head! I wish their teeth would rot out tomorrow because I am so sick of waiting for it!"

lordgroff 4y ago

Really? I like Go, I might even love it.

phinnaeus 4y ago

I like Go

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thadt 4y ago

This is true, I don't really like Go. After years of writing code in Assembly, C, C++, Perl, Basic, C#, Java, Python, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Lua, Zig, and Go I find that what I really like is good tooling, and code that is easy to read and reason about. Go the language and toolset happen to do this really rather well at the moment though.

bmurphy1976 4y ago

Nonsense. I love it and I've been programming since the 80's. I watched (and used) C++ as it grew into the monstrosity it is today. I've written and maintained production code in F#, C#, Python, Ruby, Perl, Java, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Lua, VBScript, Visual Basic, C, and C++ and every variant of shell scripting imaginable. I've spent time working with Erlang, Haskell, Rust and a variety of other exotic languages because I found it interesting. I created a port of Clojure's Transducers to C# because I could. I am not afraid of abstractions, functional programming, or complicated CompSci concepts. And yet I keep going back to Go.

booleandilemma 4y ago
I like Go as a language in the abstract sense, but the experience of writing Go code is so tedious to me. Refusing to compile if there's an unused variable or unused import is too harsh - at least give me the option to make these things warnings.
- s_c_r 4y ago
  My usual approach is to comment stuff out while debugging/developing. Works well.
- sidlls 4y ago
  Having unused variables or unused imports makes the code dirty and should be treated as errors. It's one of the (few) good things about Go.
  - IlliOnato 4y ago
    In production code? Absolutely. While you experiment, write throw-away code, debug? Hell no!
  - wtetzner 4y ago
    Sure, but it’s a lot of extra friction when iterating/debugging.
titzer 4y ago
PL arguments are like: "I like icecream." "You idiot! I hate icecream and think everyone who likes icecream is a raging moron who deserves having their teeth rot out of their head! I wish their teeth would rot out tomorrow because I am so sick of waiting for it!"