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tengbretson | karma 2820 | avg karma 2.72 · 2021-02-16 18:29:13+00:00

Name a better duo than Go and massive LoC counts.

throwaway894345 | karma 15075 | avg karma 2.31 · 2021-02-16 13:16:12

Seems like esbuild and its users are getting a lot of value out of those LoC counts.

mseepgood | karma 3572 | avg karma 3.25 · 2021-02-16 19:23:21+00:00

Yup, it was literally designed for large-scale software development. Good article https://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article

Spivak | karma 16605 | avg karma 1.79 · 2021-02-16 21:21:14+00:00

I think Go is a genuinely fantastic experiment testing the idea that it's actually easier to write and modify long, boiler-platy, but painfully explicit code.

mseepgood | karma 3572 | avg karma 3.25 · 2021-02-16 22:34:04+00:00

The syntax was designed to be "just right":

https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#10

https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#11

https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc.slide#12

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tengbretson | karma 2820 | avg karma 2.72 · 2021-02-17 01:25:16+00:00

I don't think that's even up for debate. As far as I'm concerned they have definitely met their goal.

I find it similar to the fact that, while I am thankful that the operator's manual for my toaster was written at a 4th grade reading level, I find it unlikely that anyone has that task in mind when they say they want to be a writer when they grow up.

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