[jerf]

It was beaten unto death in github repo issues, mailing list topics, and wiki pages soliciting real-world examples.

This post is basically a conference talk transcript. More stuff is in: https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/4a54a00950b56dd009648... including several callouts to other languages.

It didn't all hit HN, or perhaps more accurately, it probably did all hit HN but didn't all get upvoted because how many times does HN need to chew on it in a month?

[iainmerrick]

I think HN would chew on it every day if it could! Luckily it doesn’t bubble up to the front page quite that often...

Edit to add: thanks for the link! I now see that the full Contracts proposal includes some sections towards the end that address my concerns, eg “Why not use interfaces instead of contracts?”