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		andreasgonewild on Nov 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oberon – The Overlooked Jewel [pdf] Because real languages allow creating your own abstractions to fill the gaps, Go doesn't. Witness the total lack of decent error handling and data structures; despite probably thousands of people trying their best from user code. It's the iPhone of programming languages.

masonicb00m on Nov 16, 2017 [–]

“It's the iPhone of programming languages.”

Is that supposed to be an insult?

andreasgonewild on Nov 16, 2017 | [–]

For a programming language, I much prefer function over form. Same goes for gadgets, but that's another story.

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