https://mordaunt.dev/site/categories/opinion/Recent content in Opinion on Jack MordauntHugoenWed, 23 Jul 2025 14:16:55 -0300https://mordaunt.dev/site/posts/why-people-hate-go/Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:16:55 -0300https://mordaunt.dev/site/posts/why-people-hate-go/<blockquote> <p>Go is very idiosyncratic, approximating good ideas and relying heavily on data transposition.</p> </blockquote> <p>In this opinion article I will higlight why I think people love to hate Go.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ll do so by contrasting Go to Odin. Odin serves as an excellent comparison because the syntax is similar in essence (both heavily inspired by Pascal and C).</p> <p>Unlike Go, Odin actually gives you the good ideas in their completeness - without a complex type system or giving up any control, and without needing to fight the ideas for a decade only to finally concede.</p>