Favoured child

Why does Rob Pike keep giving talks about the simplicity of Go? It is anything but. Just look at the semantics of channels. Closed vs not closed, nil vs non-nil, etc.
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Abandoned step-child

Why does Rob Pike keep giving taskstalks about the simplicity of Go? It is anything but. Just look at the semantics of channels. Closed vs not closed, nil vs non-nil, etc.