[richardwhiuk]

Because Go silently gives you zero/null instead

[karel-3d]

Idiomatically, it gives you `err` and you do `if err != nil {return err}`. While in rust you mostly do `.unwrap` and panic.

It's not in the type system, but it's idiomatic

[richardwhiuk]

Get a key from a map and forget to check the error.

[ergocoder]

which mean an unexpected behavior could go unnoticed for a long time.

I'd prefer a loud crash over that.

[karel-3d]

Well look at the failure modes in the original article.

In the original PHP code, all worked, only it didn't properly check for bots.

The new Rust code did a loud crash and took off half of the internet.