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Lots of languages have checked-nils without all the other stuff. TypeScript is one, Zig is another, Kotlin is another

• hsn915 4y ago
  Zig is a good counter example to my argument, but there are things that Go does that Zid does not, namely, a runtime to manage: - Goroutines - Garbage collections I'm not saying these are good or desireable per se. The point is a bit more general: you can't just accumulate features without this accumulation having other effects on the language and its toolchain and causing degradations in other ways.
  • mmarq 4y ago
    Goroutines are the go-to of concurrent programming. A C# task without a handler or modern synchronisation mechanisms.