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by qaq 486 days ago
99% of people who never written go will know what the go version does
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Then... look it up?

If someone saw "go funcName()" for the first time, would they know how it worked without looking it up?

Prob not but I would still argue go is way easier to read than Rust for someone who does not know either.
and 99% of the people will learn the ? shortcut in fraction second. it's just like every other operator ffs. are you dumbfounded everytime you see the channel operators (->) ? noone takes a second thought to them after the first couple of seconds when they encounter them the first time.