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Go touted it's lack of features as simplicity. And it is: on the language writing side. Go is an incomplete language masquerading as a simple one.
by nonethewiser 11mo ago
Go touted it's lack of features as simplicity. And it is: on the language writing side. Go is an incomplete language masquerading as a simple one.
- ljlolel 11mo agoThat’s the worse is better philosophy which maybe doesn’t matter as much anymore especially with AI
- NuclearPM 11mo agoWhat do you mean?
- array_key_first 11mo agoI think he means maybe AI can get around languages lacking features - like how codegen was used for a long time. Codegen is more and more rare these days, because languages have so many tools to help you write less code - like generics. LLMs could, theoretically, help you crank out similar repetitive implementations of things.
- ljlolel 11mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better
- NuclearPM 11mo agoI remember the clojure guy saying this and it never made sense to me. “Simple is better” is better.