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sugarkjube on March 30, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Golang: Know Your 'Nil'

> easiest to learn for new graduates

This was never a goal of go. Go was conceived out of frustration with c++. They wanted to reduce language complexity and build times (among other things). For me personally it's C without the hassle.

rowanG077 on March 30, 2021 [–]

This is false. Here it is straight from the creator of the language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwajp0g-bY4

cmrdporcupine on March 31, 2021 | | [–]

"Not capable of understanding a brilliant language." Wow as a googler I find this... Awful.

sullyj3 on March 31, 2021 | | [–]

Man, people are really downvoting accurate information just because the truth hurts.

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