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I don't think this article intends to give a full appraisal of Go. It highlights the downsides of a particular philosophical stance Go takes.

That stance is very much real, even if it's best described by gesturing at half a dozen examples. And it's nothing new, really. It's just Worse is Better all over again. I think it's instructive to see how it plays out in Go.

This rant is one-sided, but it doesn't pretend to be otherwise.