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Rob Pike: Why Go's Simplicity Is Complicated

dotconferences · Talk · YouTube title: dotGo 2015 - Rob Pike - Simplicity is Complicated
Why it's here

HN returns to it to explain why Go deliberately resists syntactic sugar and new features.

What it covers

Rob Pike's dotGo 2015 talk argues that Go only seems simple, and that its simplicity hides real complexity that is part of the design. He explains the thinking behind Go's restraint in features.