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by foldr 13 days ago
Hmm, I don't think so. Go needs a string type to be a usable high-level programming language, but it doesn't need, say, the 'any' alias for 'interface{}'. Some features are more central than others. Perhaps none are 100% essential or inessential, but some features are clearly closer to one end of the spectrum than the other.