"In praise of Go" discussion on ycombinator

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/16/10 9:58 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:24:50 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 11/16/10 9:21 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:10:54 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1912728
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> "I like go because every single feature go has is the best ever!"
>>>
>>> yawn...
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>
>> I'm curious what the response to my example will be. So far I got one
>> that doesn't even address it.
>
> It's possible that you left your point as an exercise for the reader, so
> it may be lost.
>
> But it's not important. It's unlikely that you will convince goers that
> the language deficiencies are not worth the advantages. Only time will
> tell how popular/useful it will be. That one point you made would be a
> deal-killer for me (not that I'm close to using Go or anything, but no
> need to invest any more time on it after that).
>
> (cue retard's comment about D zealots not having any open mindedness)
>
> -Steve

I think as soon as that defect registers at Go's creators, they will 
scramble to fix it one way or another. It's a blatant syntax design mistake.

Andrei