Re: [dev] [OT]: Go programming language

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Uriel <lost.goblin_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Moritz Wilhelmy <crap_AT_wzff.de> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Preben Randhol wrote:
>>> Syntactically the language seems a bit confusing at first and
>>> unfortunately too similar to C.
>>
>> It looks a like a messy mix of C and pascal. Would be better
>> without the pascal part.
>
> Why people keep comparing it for pascal based on a *single* character
> used in a quite neat feature, the := operator.
>
> Talk about simplistic and superficial perceptions...
>
> uriel
>
>
arrays are similar to old Pascal too:

from go effective:
"The size of an array is part of its type. The types [10]int and
[20]int are distinct"

and from "Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language":

    2.1. The size of an array is part of its type.

pmarin
Received on Sun Nov 15 2009 - 10:47:02 UTC