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vlads_

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    Comment #23555779

    > Sure, the former are language features while the latter are library features but that doesn't seem to be a meaningful difference when it comes to comprehension. Absolutely. The d…

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    Comment #23551366

    > So while Go may be quick to write. I think the understandably is deceiving. Yes, I can understand every line, but understanding the program/patch as a whole becomes much more dif…

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    Comment #23549428

    This is pretty much correct, except for 2 minor gripes: Firstly, Go was meant to replace C++ in server-land. The fact that it ended up being a suitable alternative for Java/Python …

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    Comment #23548698

    I'm going to be a smartass about this and say I think neither of you are wrong. The "extra typing" gives you a large boost in your confidence that you've written something correct,…

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    Comment #23548525

    First of all, interfaces are not nil if they point to a nil value for the same reason a * * T is not nil if the * T is nil. That is the correct decision. You can not call a functio…

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    Comment #23544757

    Never said it was a good idea. It's inefficient, unsafe and hard to read but, as far as I can tell any generic function with concrete return types can be written using reflect (and…

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    Comment #23544484

    Fun fact: because json is a reflective package in Go, solving your problem is quite trivial: https://play.golang.org/p/-TZ5b9Su1or . As for programming with types, that's partly wh…

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    Comment #23543940

    Well, you can :) https://play.golang.org/p/sum21uSy1Ae

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    Comment #23537474

    I can't access the link because it's paywalled, but I assume you're talking about this clip: https://youtu.be/kGsqg5vtahA . EDIT: Found the free button :). Yeah, I guessed right. I…

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    Comment #23531560

    And the vast majority of policemen are not beating people up.

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    Comment #23531548

    > If, for example, the punishment for certain crimes is so high by default that the criminal would rather die than get a sentence that would equal death, then you have taken any an…

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    Comment #23529041

    > The crowd has been otherwise quite peaceful exercising their first amendment right. Not going to lie, this actually made me laugh[1]. Other than that, you missed my point entirel…

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    Comment #23528701

    You claim that law enforcement culture differs in the countries which you are comparing and that is indeed true. But is the crime culture the same? Or is that not a factor worth co…

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    Comment #23528610

    I've watched 30 clips. ALL of them were 30 second clips with no context. All of them from one Twitter thread as well, so not sure why that was not linked instead. On the other hand…