alt Hacker NewsIsn't "design by popular vote" an extreme version of "design by committee"? Go won't implement error handling syntax because it can't reach community consensus.
Isn't "design by popular vote" an extreme version of "design by committee"? Go won't implement error handling syntax because it can't reach community consensus.
Go may take community opinion into account, but just because something is popular doesn't mean the team will accept it. the language designers have the final say, and they will reject popular but bad ideas.