On my phone, but his examples just show that he's new to Go. He's using like 5x add much code as he needs to.
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* the author (and everyone else who complains about Go) simply hasn't made any appreciable investment in learning Go
* the language itself doesn't naturally lend itself to most programmers easily finding the most succinct/powerful expressions available, instead providing a grain that favors clarity over other values
* the documentation and tutorials available don't teach programmers how to write succinct and expressive Go
So, yes, it was exceedingly obvious that the author had not made any appreciable investment in learning the language.