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		olivia-banks 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I love OCaml (2023) Well, sure, but this is a problem nearly as old as Go itself. I thought they were referring to larger more recent things, like how generics work, or something to that effect.

galvatron9k 24 days ago [–]

> is a problem nearly as old as Go itself

It's as old as C. C and Go are the only two significant languages which end up constantly checking for errors like this.

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