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644 points ustad | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 09:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.44s | source
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pjmlp ◴[22 Aug 25 12:12 UTC] No.44983556[source]▶
As usual, lets revisit something that Pascal could do in 1976,

    type

    StatusCodes = (Success, Ongoing, Done)
Go in 2025,

    type StatusCodes int

    const (
        Success StatusCodes = iota
        Ongoing
        Done
    )
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thiht ◴[22 Aug 25 12:13 UTC] No.44983559[source]▶
Where's Pascal today?
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1. dardeaup ◴[22 Aug 25 12:21 UTC] No.44983630[source]▶
Ouch!! Pascal's lack of popularity certainly isn't due to the fact that it supports such nice enumerated types (or sets for that matter). I think he was just pointing out that such nice things have existed (and been known to exist) for a long time and that it's odd that a new language couldn't have borrowed the feature.