basic6

Go's opinionated, three line if is part of the problem. A single line if or ternary operator would reduce the line noise.

Viral crap making the rounds.

All they do is rebrand, I don't think any programmers work at Mozilla anymore.

It was accepted but that PEP caused the whole kerfuffle correct? It became fashionable to have a strong opinion on assignment vs equality.

the := PEP stunk badly of cargo cult programming, you see knee-jerk proposals like that every time a blog makes the rounds and Guido deserved the pushback

Probably because it's not 1 million Swedes entering the country illegally every year.

I see snark and politics rules are selectively enforced.

There's nothing worse than quirky alternative music.

I didn't think Go rewrites were common anymore since the results were mediocre.

Karma is awful as well for similar reasons.