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Theory @jcinnamond
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2005 2010 2015 Scala Go Clojure Rust Swift TypeScript Elm Hack Idris Dart Julia Elixir 2009 2003 2005 2007 2012 2010 2014 2011 Red 2000 Kotlin 2002 Io 2004 Groovy Scratch LOLCODE Coffeescript F#
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Go sucks because it has… no generics no Algebraic Data Types null objects a lack of metaprogramming an occasionally verbose syntax
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These criticisms are largely valid
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Complaining about Go is a wasted opportunity
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Go is popular 1
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Popular != good
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For example: javascript
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People build great things in javascript
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…in spite of the language
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People used javascript to target the browser
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There is no reason to use Go
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People us Go because they like it
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srsly?
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A lack of generics Go has many flaws… No meta- programming Verbose error handling …which lead to developer pain
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what's going on?
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Go is reliable 2
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srsly?
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A lack of ADTs Go has many flaws… null objects Mutability …which lead to unreliable code
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what's going on?
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Go bad in theory, but successful in practice
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Go is an opportunity to learn
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Complaining about Go is a wasted opportunity
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But the Go community can also learn from the criticisms
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This is difficult
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They all speak a funny language
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And they criticise our habits
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But we can learn from them, and improve Go
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…without losing our identity
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Diversity is hard But it's important (maybe this isn't really a technical talk)
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Maybe we can listen to others And learn from what they have to say (maybe this isn't really a technical talk)
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We can have conversations with people who aren't like us And all be better for it
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Thank you Theory @jcinnamond dotGo 2016