ⰎⰅ ⰀⰍⰨⰒⰎⰫ on Nostr: go is one of the few newer languages originally designed to be pragmatic, which its ...

go is one of the few newer languages originally designed to be pragmatic, which its creators tend to explain in their talks / blog posts, but few people appreciate.

many new languages I would call "idealist" as they copy rust or haskell in trying to have an extremely strict type system. those languages are interesting in an academic context but are a pain to use in the real world. maybe they attract personality types who are more prone to rule-following.