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Go's whole philosophy was to keep the language simple. It's a shame they're abandoning that now and becoming the next C++/Zig/Rust/Java
by inigyou 4mo ago
Go's whole philosophy was to keep the language simple. It's a shame they're abandoning that now and becoming the next C++/Zig/Rust/Java
- troupo 4mo agoThey threw many babies out with the bathwater chasing yhe rather unspecified "simplicity" and making parts of the lsngusge more complex to use as a result.
- pjmlp 4mo agoTurns out programming languages are complex for a reason.
- inigyou 4mo agoBut diversity is good. If I want C++, I already know where to find it.
- pjmlp 4mo agoThe fallacy of "simple" languages is not understanding the history of programming languages, why and how they grow with the community, assuming they get any adoption at all. No one among the folks that created Scheme or C, would assert R7RS or C23 are that simple.
- 9rx 4mo agoThose who held that philosophy (Thompson, Pike) are now retired. Those who still have careers ahead of them want to have something to do. The natural consequence of a "bullshit job" economy.