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by jtasdlfj234 899 days ago
I would have more respect if they at least admitted to the flawed type system but instead say it is not a problem. It is disappointing to see past mistakes repeated in a new programming language. Even the Java language creator was humble enough to admit fault for the null pointer problem. The Go devs do not have such humility.

https://github.com/uber-go/nilaway
2 comments
grumpyprole 899 days ago
It's interesting that they brought in Phil Wadler to help retrofit polymorphism, it literally is history repeating itself (Wadler did Generics retrofit for Java over 20 years ago).
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coolgoose 899 days ago
The nil handling (or the lack of) in go is right now my biggest annoyance with the language :)
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