Comment by jen20 Comment by jen20 a day ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Sum types are not the same as the trivial example above. Sum types are actually useful, for one thing.
Copy Link pjmlp a day ago Collapse Comment - No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link jen20 a day ago Parent Collapse Comment - It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link jen20 a day ago Parent Collapse Comment - It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use. Reply View | 0 replies
No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.
But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings.