On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 09:02 -0700, Bryan Murdock wrote: >> Just skimmed the tutorial. Agreed on that the syntax is frankenstien >> ugly. They have Guido on staff, but this looks like they consulted >> Larry Wall. > > Huh? What's so Frankenstein ugly about it? The use of arrows like > "i <- c"? Putting types after variables like "i int"? If anything > Go's syntax is boringly C-like. Is this just a visceral reaction > because it isn't Java?
Python, Stuart. I don't know much of anything about Java. > There's some pretty annoying things in the Go syntax, like iota, but > nothing that rises to the level of a horror movie. It's certainly not as bad as C++, I'll give it that. And after using it enough I got used to that, so you're right, I shouldn't dismiss Go so quickly. > If you think Go is ugly, try reading Haskell some time. Did you think monad sounded like playground insult when you first heard it too? Monad monad monad. Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
