If anything, nil checking in Go makes it quite exciting (will I get a nil pointe...

masklinn · on July 2, 2020

> If anything, nil checking in Go makes it quite exciting (will I get a nil pointer error somewhere? Who knows!).

The most exciting part is finding that something is not nil but is actually nil. Great surprise, thanks typed nils!

erik_seaberg · on July 2, 2020

It's the only language I've ever seen that tries to dispatch on what type of object you don't have. Very zen.