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644 points ustad | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 09:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.256s | 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
    )

jen20 ◴[22 Aug 25 16:58 UTC] No.44986881[source]▶

If Pascal doesn't have required exhaustive pattern matching, it's no better than Go or C# in this regard.

pjmlp ◴[22 Aug 25 17:16 UTC] No.44987113[source]▶

Go is the one being discussed as ignoring history.

C# thankfully was designed by someone that appreciates type systems, maybe you should revisit it.

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1. jen20 ◴[22 Aug 25 17:47 UTC] No.44987444[source]▶

Not enough to add sum types or exhaustive pattern matching... now F# - that was appreciated by someone that appreciates type systems.

Go is still not good