Retitled from ‘Lisp vs. golang’ because ‘golang’ instead of ‘Go’ is akin to ‘LISP’ instead of ‘Lisp.’
His substantive comments are generally correct, but I think it’s important to note that Go’s not really meant for clever code like function composition and the like — it’s meant for plodding, straightforward code which is boring and does its job. That’s not a criticism! ‘Code which does its job’ is something that we have far too little of in the world.
Retitled from ‘Lisp vs. golang’ because ‘golang’ instead of ‘Go’ is akin to ‘LISP’ instead of ‘Lisp.’
His substantive comments are generally correct, but I think it’s important to note that Go’s not really meant for clever code like function composition and the like — it’s meant for plodding, straightforward code which is boring and does its job. That’s not a criticism! ‘Code which does its job’ is something that we have far too little of in the world.