Theory

A short talk delivered at DotGo 2016

Transcript

1. Theory @jcinnamond
2. 2005 2010 2015 Scala Go Clojure Rust Swift TypeScript Elm Hack Idris Dart Julia Elixir 2009 2003 2005 2007 2012 2010 2014 2011 Red 2000 Kotlin 2002 Io 2004 Groovy Scratch LOLCODE Coffeescript F#
5. Go sucks because it has… no generics no Algebraic Data Types null objects a lack of metaprogramming an occasionally verbose syntax
6. These criticisms are largely valid
7. Complaining about Go is a wasted opportunity
8. Go is popular 1
9. Popular != good
10. For example: javascript
11. People build great things in javascript
12. …in spite of the language
13. People used javascript to target the browser
14. There is no reason to use Go
15. People us Go because they like it
16. srsly?
17. A lack of generics Go has many flaws… No meta- programming Verbose error handling …which lead to developer pain
18. what's going on?
19. Go is reliable 2
20. srsly?
21. A lack of ADTs Go has many flaws… null objects Mutability …which lead to unreliable code
22. what's going on?
23. Go bad in theory, but successful in practice
24. Go is an opportunity
 to learn
25. Complaining about Go is a wasted opportunity
26. But the Go community can also learn from the criticisms
27. This is difficult
28. They all speak a funny language
29. And they criticise our habits
30. But we can learn from them, and improve Go
31. …without losing our identity
32. Diversity is hard But it's important (maybe this isn't really 
 a technical talk)
33. Maybe we can listen to others And learn from what they have to say (maybe this isn't really 
 a technical talk)
34. We can have conversations with people who aren't like us And all be better for it
35. Thank you Theory @jcinnamond dotGo 2016