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Go is still not good

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SkepticalWhale ◴[] No.44985889[source]
Go has its fair share of flaws but I still think it hits a sweet spot that no other server side language provides.

It’s faster than Node or Python, with a better type system than either. It’s got a much easier learning curve than Rust. It has a good stdlib and tooling. Simple syntax with usually only one way to do things. Error handling has its problems but I still prefer it over Node, where a catch clause might receive just about anything as an “error”.

Am I missing a language that does this too or more? I’m not a Go fanatic at all, mostly written Node for backends in my career, but I’ve been exploring Go lately.

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viccis ◴[] No.44987075[source]
>with a better type system than either

Given Python's substantial improvements recently, I would put it far ahead of the structural typing done in Go, personally.

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1. ansgri ◴[] No.44994528[source]
Python type system is very good. It’s enforcing it consistently that’s bad. Thankfully most new libraries are typed.