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@marketer - Too true. Wynn and I didn't like that either. I think it was just that he wasn't personally aware of that feature. I could ping them and get a more

• gloob 17y ago
  The reply button. Learn it. Love it.
  • adamstac 17y ago
    Opps. #imafool
• marketer 17y ago
  Something I'd like to know is what languages they've used in the past few years. When Pike answered the question, he mentioned a bunch of dead research languages. He said that Ken Thompson was influenced by B, but I highly doubt that he's written any B code in the past 30 years. Go's overarching principle is "to reduce the amount of typing" and "reduce clutter and complexity", but if you switch from something like python or ruby to go, you'll quickly notice there's a lot more typing and complexity for programs. Especially when it comes to stuff like type declarations and error handling.
  • ThinkWriteMute 17y ago
    I'm pretty new to programming (like 2008 new) but my mentor is someone who has been around for a while and all his descriptions of Pike seem to show a trait where Pike mistakes bad habits and bad design for tradition. Anything that breaks tradition is bad. Nothing to really back that feeling up, but that is what I see when I read his work.