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“Go’s design is a disservice to intelligent programmers”

(nomad.so)
131 points apta | 2 comments | 25 Mar 15 21:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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staunch ◴[25 Mar 15 22:14 UTC] No.9266366[source]▶
You shouldn't be offended that Rob Pike thinks he's a much more advanced programmer than your average programmer.

He is.

Whatever his motivations, he created a very productive language. As it turns out, even advanced programmers benefit from having a simple language when it comes to getting practical work done.

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1. peteretep ◴[25 Mar 15 22:45 UTC] No.9266544[source]▶
Until the Golang community can move on from "it must be right because Rob Pike" then things won't improve.
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2. slantedview ◴[26 Mar 15 00:06 UTC] No.9266926[source]▶
This, and it applies to the creators of other contemporary languages as well.