Re: [go-nuts] Gathering Ideas for Go 2.

2017-08-21 Thread Jan Mercl
You're right. A particular (innovation) step is sometimes like evolution blindly trying options, but (only) on the long run the improvements are clearly there. On Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 20:47 Henrik Johansson wrote: > No but generally I would say that _everything_ is better

Re: [go-nuts] Gathering Ideas for Go 2.

2017-08-21 Thread Henrik Johansson
No but generally I would say that _everything_ is better today than lets say fifty years ago. Maybe every step wasn't better than the one immediately before but many steps later it surely is. If there was a way to easily test language features as just pulling in the golango.org/x libs then this

Re: [go-nuts] Gathering Ideas for Go 2.

2017-08-21 Thread Jan Mercl
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 19:32 Michael Jones wrote: > I don't think it's about language. I got downvotes immediately for my > comments over the weekend. > https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19623 > > Whatever the circumstances, any proposal will often have its detractors

Re: [go-nuts] Gathering Ideas for Go 2.

2017-08-21 Thread Michael Jones
I don't think it's about language. I got downvotes immediately for my comments over the weekend. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19623 Whatever the circumstances, any proposal will often have its detractors as the most immediate and vocal responders. Support may come later. Agree that

[go-nuts] Gathering Ideas for Go 2.

2017-08-21 Thread ojucie
If you guys allow me, I have a little concern about the Go 2 process. I perceived some harsh debates when someone propose a new idea. That is not the proper attitude. Please consider that the core team explicitly asked for new ideas. As a comunity we are used to deny the value of some novel