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		twic on June 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A year with Go Fair enough. I certainly agree that Go is an excellent language for people incapable of doing basic stuff like this.

sagichmal on June 7, 2015 [–]

I'm perfectly capable, I just don't see the reason. Why should I install a JRE to run your program? The JRE has nothing to do with your program; it's incidental complexity. Go gives us a way to eliminate that incidental complexity and so is a step forward.

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