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by seabrookmx 1542 days ago
A few years of Golang under my belt and I still hate it. Russ Cox and co. seem incredibly arrogant to me in that they can ignore decades of PL research only to reinvent a bizarre way of achieving what other languages do in a more standard way (package management, error handling), or just adopt that standard super late (generics).

Go has some great qualities and you can make great software with it no doubt. But I find the development of the language frustrating to witness, not inspiring.
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morelisp 1542 days ago
Who is doing "PL research" in package management?
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pphysch 1542 days ago
What is your favorite PL?
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seabrookmx 1541 days ago
C# probably. Though I enjoy Typescript and Python as well.

C# has generics, exceptions, is the birthplace of async/await, has LINQ, an unmatched standard library, a great build system and package management system, is open source, cross platform, fast..

It doesn't compile to a single native binary unlike golang which is a bummer. But 95% of my software ships as a container so this isn't too big of deal for me. The MS-provided base images are really good too.

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