> You are putting the burden of proof on me now? No. I don't give a shit about what you do. Where did you dream up this idea? > Let's be real, Rob Pike is the

> You are putting the burden of proof on me now? No. I don't give a shit about what you do. Where did you dream up this idea? > Let's be real, Rob Pike is the flat earther of PLT. No doubt, but when using the programming language of flat earthers, one has to accept that the particular world is, indeed, flat. But the advice is undeniably sound. There is no programming language where you should leave someone hanging with junk values. You might avoid junk in other languages using some other means (e.g. sum types), but it is to be avoided all the same.