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by weberc2 2745 days ago
> Literally literally?

Yes; I've challenged this as hyperbole and people double down.

> Isn't your reply a "bad way to characterize the overall conversation" as well?

I don't think so. My reply characterizes the overall conversation as a difference of opinion about whether or not Go's design choices are matters of tradeoffs, and I believe this to be accurate. I chose my example because it was exceptionally stark, but the point is that if such stark comments are made so frequently, surely there is a long tail of less-stark comments. Anyway, I don't want to belabor the point because we have no data and all we can do is conjecture and stir up bad feelings and likely a flame war, so let's not do that.