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Watching Go's development is like reliving the development of Java (which also didn't have generics at first), but over decades instead of years. Cannot wait fo

Watching Go's development is like reliving the development of Java (which also didn't have generics at first), but over decades instead of years. Cannot wait for Go to implement an error handling system in the 2030s.

20k 5mo ago
Its very funny watching certain segments of the programming industry rediscovering incredibly basic programming principles, after railing against them for so long. The AI people are starting to try and create formal specs to force the AI to generate an exact output, which is absolutely hilarious to me Dynamically typed/untyped languages finding that strict and visible typing is actually good is another
- jimbokun 5mo ago
  I feel like there was a name for formal specs that produce an exact output, but it escapes me…
- pjmlp 5mo ago
  Another one, WebAssembly people recreating application servers, and networking object models.
pjmlp 5mo ago
Thankfully we already have Java, so using Go is really for the scenarios where it cannot be avoided.
- Mawr 5mo ago
  Thankfully some of us have taste.
  - za3faran 5mo ago
    Which is why we use platforms and languages that offer superior GCs, optimization, speed, and observability, like the JVM and Java.