One year of Go

[Kagamin]

bearophile Wrote:

> Kagamin:
> 
> > How do you look at necessary curly braces in Go? Shouldn't they adopt python syntax while keeping Go design?
> 
> I like Python syntax, but the features of a language must be all adapted to each other, they form something like an ecology.
> 
> In general what I look for is a language syntax that is somehow resilient against simple mistakes that mammals do all the time. So curly braces are sometimes better than bug-prone alternatives.

Aren't curly braces the same redundancy as semicolons, serving the same purpose?