[karmakaze]

retrospective? It was one of the first silly gotchas I hit picking up the language. And the stdlib authors chose those package names!

It's funny how when I was using Go, I couldn't wait until it got generics (which was only a matter of time despite the party line). When it finally got them, I was versed enough in the edges and nature of the language/ecosystem that I didn't really care anymore and moved on. I am glad that Go rose to popularity because it brought to light opinions that weren't all that popular: memory layouts matter and error values (rather than exceptions). I still prefer a sound type system over nil/zero values though.