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I think go's approach to readability is comparable to "simple English". Both have a minimal set of words (tokens) and syntax constructs. You lose some witty con
by xiaq 12y ago
I think go's approach to readability is comparable to "simple English". Both have a minimal set of words (tokens) and syntax constructs. You lose some witty constructs, and you often find yourself writing in a stupid way.
But, since the code is always plain and stupid, you go through very few mental twists when you are parsing the language. Since code is usually read much more than written, this advantage is a huge.
- increment_i 12y agoI agree. I find it far more valuable to have a language with minimal constructs that can be easily read by everyone on the team rather than a language that tries to include every functional bell and whistle. Think I'll start giving Go a serious look.