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intortus ◴[] No.9266418[source]
Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean you should spend all that intelligence trying to figure out other people's messes. Simplicity and explicitness are paramount when collaborating.
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AlexandrB ◴[] No.9266444[source]
> Simplicity and explicitness are paramount when collaborating.

So is succinctness (most people can't speed read code). The examples he gives make Go look anything but succinct.

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1. jff ◴[] No.9266486[source]
That's because he's not a very good Go programmer, which is not surprising since he's clearly far too intelligent to use Go.