>>For practical purposes, I think they're better off to think of it as a reference. No, they should learn to understand what is actually happening. Otherwise t

>>For practical purposes, I think they're better off to think of it as a reference. No, they should learn to understand what is actually happening. Otherwise things, at best, do not make sense and, at worst, can lead to bugs when using functions like append(): http://play.golang.org/p/eTJXu6XMNJ http://play.golang.org/p/eTJXu6XMNJ