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Discussion on: The programming languages I like and why I like them

 
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Deepu K Sasidharan

Ya. Go could be a good compromise between Java and Rust. Rust does take some getting used and IMO harder to go back from once you are used to 😉

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Gwyneth Llewelyn

A little bird told me that generics are on the queue for Go 1.17... stay tuned.

Hint: take a look at the source code for the official Go distribution. Here is a nice little pearl: go.googlesource.com/go/+/refs/tags...

You can also see the same file on GitHub's mirror. Notice the difference? On Google's own repository, files ending in .go2 are properly syntax-highlighted; GitHub still doesn't know what to do with those files...