> The language has panics. But you aren't supposed to use them. So... Not true. Panic/defer/recover is there to be used. But panic/recover should typically be

> The language has panics. But you aren't supposed to use them. So... Not true. Panic/defer/recover is there to be used. But panic/recover should typically be internal to a package and/or used in a situation where the program itself suffers an error; not because of faulty user input/validation/etc. Edit: What mseepgood said!