The history and evolution of Hello World, a program that I have taken for granted, was just as fascinating as the evolution of go.
Those little pieces of boilerplate that become invisible to the experienced coder--the main function, the placement of parentheses--have years of careful consideration behind them, as Rob Pike demonstrated.
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 13.7 ms ] threadThose little pieces of boilerplate that become invisible to the experienced coder--the main function, the placement of parentheses--have years of careful consideration behind them, as Rob Pike demonstrated.
An excellent and illuminating keynote.