[wiremine]

> To me, the core Go authors are more of engineers than artists

I thought the same thing. They are like the anti-Larry Wall.

[nulltype]

I guess that makes Go the inverse of Perl. I assume if a Perl programmer shakes hands with a Go programmer, they cancel each other out.

[vram22]

No, the Go programmer will win. Strong(ly) type(d), you see :) #SorryCouldntResist

Note: Said without any bias towards either Go or Perl.

Also, I'm not a language lawyer, and this was a joke, so I'm not replying to any comments about Go not being "purely" or "strictly" strongly typed or whatever.

[vram22]

Also, speaking of Perl, check out this (old) interview with Larry Wall:

http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2015/04/interview-linux-journal-wi...