> One counter argument that is invalid: I am pretty sure the go team cares about semantic. :-) All programmers do breath semantic. Of course there are different tastes.
I put up with whatever semantics are necessary to get the CPU to do the right thing, but I'm more excited about CPUs than semantics.
You stand corrected then :) (or not). Does this comment thing make you want to flee to the safety of Java? I would put up with Java semantics if I were fulfilling a community service sentence.
Your entire tirade is a troll. You got an answer from Fitz (looked reasonable to me), but you didn't like it. So you decided to take the debate to HN?! Nothing productive ever happens like this. This is some teenage angst diarrhea. Fork the project and write your own solution. Show us all how fucking brilliant you are.
I put up with whatever semantics are necessary to get the CPU to do the right thing, but I'm more excited about CPUs than semantics.