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         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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+                01/08 — 2020
+            </div>
+            <a href="/posts/gripes_with_go" class="post-link">
+                <span class="post-link">Gripes With Go</span>
+            </a>
+        </td>
+        <td class=table-stats>
+            <span class="stats-number">
+                4.9
+            </span>
+            <span class=stats-unit>min</span>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
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+    <tr>
+        <td class=table-post>
+            <div class="date">
                 18/06 — 2020
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       <language>en-us</language>
       <copyright>Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0</copyright>
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+<title>Gripes With Go</title>
+<description>&lt;p&gt;You’ve read a lot of posts about the shortcomings of the Go programming language, so what’s one more.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;ol type="1"&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#lack-of-sum-types"&gt;Lack of sum types&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#type-assertions"&gt;Type assertions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#date-and-time"&gt;Date and Time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#statements-over-expressions"&gt;Statements over Expressions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#erroring-out-on-unused-variables"&gt;Erroring out on unused variables&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#error-handling"&gt;Error handling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ol&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="lack-of-sum-types"&gt;Lack of Sum types&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;A “Sum” type is a data type that can hold one of many states at a given time, similar to how a boolean can hold a true or a false, not too different from an &lt;code&gt;enum&lt;/code&gt; type in C. Go lacks &lt;code&gt;enum&lt;/code&gt; types unfortunately, and you are forced to resort to crafting your own substitute.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;A type to represent gender for example:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb1-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;type&lt;/span&gt; Gender &lt;span class="dt"&gt;int&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;const&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    Male Gender = &lt;span class="ot"&gt;iota&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="co"&gt;// assigns Male to 0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    Female              &lt;span class="co"&gt;// assigns Female to 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-6"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    Other               &lt;span class="co"&gt;// assigns Other to 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-7"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-7" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-8"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-8" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-9"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-9" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;fmt.Println(&lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;My gender is &amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;, Male)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-10"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-10" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// My gender is 0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-11"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-11" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// Oops! We have to implement String() for Gender ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-12"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-12" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-13"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-13" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;func&lt;/span&gt; (g Gender) String() &lt;span class="dt"&gt;string&lt;/span&gt; {&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-14"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-14" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;switch&lt;/span&gt; (g) {&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-15"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-15" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;case&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dv"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="kw"&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;Male&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-16"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-16" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;case&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dv"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="kw"&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;Female&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-17"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-17" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="kw"&gt;return&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;Other&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-18"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-18" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    }&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-19"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-19" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-20"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-20" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-21"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-21" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// You can accidentally do stupid stuff like:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb1-22"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb1-22" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;gender := Male + &lt;span class="dv"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;The Haskell equivalent of the same:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode haskell"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode haskell"&gt;&lt;span id="cb2-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Gender&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="ot"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Male&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb2-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;            &lt;span class="op"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Female&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb2-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;            &lt;span class="op"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb2-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;            &lt;span class="kw"&gt;deriving&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class="dt"&gt;Show&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb2-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb2-6"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="fu"&gt;print&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="op"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;My gender is &amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="op"&gt;++&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class="fu"&gt;show&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Male&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="type-assertions"&gt;Type Assertions&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;A downcast with an optional error check? What could go wrong?&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Type assertions in Go allow you to do:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb3-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; x &lt;span class="kw"&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt;{} = &lt;span class="dv"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb3-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;y, goodToGo := x.(&lt;span class="dt"&gt;int&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb3-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; goodToGo {&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb3-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    fmt.Println(y)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb3-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb3-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;The error check however is optional:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb4-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; x &lt;span class="kw"&gt;interface&lt;/span&gt;{} = &lt;span class="dv"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb4-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; y := x.(&lt;span class="dt"&gt;float64&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb4-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;fmt.Println(y)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb4-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// results in a runtime error:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb4-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// panic: interface conversion: interface {} is int, not float64&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="date-and-time"&gt;Date and Time&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Anyone that has written Go previously, will probably already know what I am getting at here. For the uninitiated, parsing and formatting dates in Go requires a “layout”. This “layout” is based on magical reference date:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Which is the date produced when you write the first seven natural numbers like so:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;01/02 03:04:05 &amp;#39;06 -0700&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Parsing a string in &lt;code&gt;YYYY-MM-DD&lt;/code&gt; format would look something like:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb7-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;const&lt;/span&gt; layout = &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;2006-01-02&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb7-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb7-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;time.Parse(layout, &lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;2020-08-01&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;This so-called “intuitive” method of formatting dates doesn’t allow you to print &lt;code&gt;0000 hrs&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;2400 hrs&lt;/code&gt;, it doesn’t allow you to omit the leading zero in 24 hour formats. It is rife with inconveniences, if only there were a &lt;a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/strftime.3.html"&gt;tried and tested&lt;/a&gt; date formatting convention …&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="statements-over-expressions"&gt;Statements over Expressions&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Statements have side effects, expressions return values. More often than not, expressions are easier to understand at a glance: evaluate the LHS and assign the same to the RHS.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Rust allows you to create local namespaces, and treats blocks (&lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt;) as expressions:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode rust"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode rust"&gt;&lt;span id="cb8-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; twenty_seven &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="op"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb8-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb8-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; three &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dv"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="op"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dv"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb8-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb8-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; nine &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; three &lt;span class="op"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; three&lt;span class="op"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb8-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb8-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    nine &lt;span class="op"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt; three&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb8-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb8-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;};&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;The Go equivalent of the same:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb9-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;twenty_seven := &lt;span class="ot"&gt;nil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb9-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb9-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;three := &lt;span class="dv"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; + &lt;span class="dv"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb9-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb9-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;nine := three * three&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb9-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb9-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;twenty_seven = nine * three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="erroring-out-on-unused-variables"&gt;Erroring out on unused variables&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Want to quickly prototype something? Go says no! In all seriousness, a warning would suffice, I don’t want to have to go back and comment each unused import out, only to come back and uncomment them a few seconds later.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="error-handling"&gt;Error handling&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode go"&gt;&lt;span id="cb10-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; err != &lt;span class="ot"&gt;nil&lt;/span&gt; { ... }&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Need I say more? I will, for good measure:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;ol type="1"&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;Error handling is optional&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;Errors are propagated via a clunky &lt;code&gt;if&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;return&lt;/code&gt; statement&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ol&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;I prefer Haskell’s “Monadic” error handling, which is employed by Rust as well:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"&gt;&lt;pre class="sourceCode rust"&gt;&lt;code class="sourceCode rust"&gt;&lt;span id="cb11-1"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-1" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// 1. error handling is compulsory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-2"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-2" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="co"&gt;// 2. errors are propagated with the `?` operator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-3"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-3" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;fn&lt;/span&gt; foo() &lt;span class="op"&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;Result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dt"&gt;String&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="pp"&gt;io::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="bu"&gt;Error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="op"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-4"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-4" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw"&gt;mut&lt;/span&gt; f &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="pp"&gt;File::&lt;/span&gt;open(&lt;span class="st"&gt;&amp;quot;foo.txt&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;span class="op"&gt;?;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="co"&gt;// return if error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-5"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-5" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="kw"&gt;mut&lt;/span&gt; s &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dt"&gt;String&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="pp"&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;new()&lt;span class="op"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-6"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-6" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-7"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-7" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    f&lt;span class="op"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;read_to_string(&lt;span class="op"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;mut&lt;/span&gt; s)&lt;span class="op"&gt;?;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="co"&gt;// return if error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-8"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-8" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-9"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-9" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="cn"&gt;Ok&lt;/span&gt;(s) &lt;span class="co"&gt;// all good, return a string inside a `Result` context&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-10"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-10" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-11"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-11" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-12"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-12" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="kw"&gt;fn&lt;/span&gt; main() &lt;span class="op"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-13"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-13" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="co"&gt;// `contents` is an enum known as Result:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-14"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-14" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;let&lt;/span&gt; contents &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; foo()&lt;span class="op"&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-15"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-15" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="kw"&gt;match&lt;/span&gt; contents &lt;span class="op"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-16"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-16" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;span class="cn"&gt;Ok&lt;/span&gt;(c) &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="pp"&gt;println!&lt;/span&gt;(c)&lt;span class="op"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-17"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-17" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;span class="cn"&gt;Err&lt;/span&gt;(e) &lt;span class="op"&gt;=&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="pp"&gt;eprintln!&lt;/span&gt;(e)&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-18"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-18" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;span class="op"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
+&lt;span id="cb11-19"&gt;&lt;a href="#cb11-19" aria-hidden="true"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="op"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;h3 id="conclusion"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;I did not want to conclude without talking about stylistic choices, lack of metaprogramming, bizzare export rules, but, I am too busy converting my &lt;code&gt;interface{}&lt;/code&gt; types into actual generic code for Go v2.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
+<link>https://peppe.rs/posts/gripes_with_go/</link>
+<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
+<guid>https://peppe.rs/posts/gripes_with_go/</guid>
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+            Gripes With Go
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+            <p>You’ve read a lot of posts about the shortcomings of the Go programming language, so what’s one more.</p>
+<ol type="1">
+<li><a href="#lack-of-sum-types">Lack of sum types</a></li>
+<li><a href="#type-assertions">Type assertions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#date-and-time">Date and Time</a></li>
+<li><a href="#statements-over-expressions">Statements over Expressions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#erroring-out-on-unused-variables">Erroring out on unused variables</a></li>
+<li><a href="#error-handling">Error handling</a></li>
+</ol>
+<h3 id="lack-of-sum-types">Lack of Sum types</h3>
+<p>A “Sum” type is a data type that can hold one of many states at a given time, similar to how a boolean can hold a true or a false, not too different from an <code>enum</code> type in C. Go lacks <code>enum</code> types unfortunately, and you are forced to resort to crafting your own substitute.</p>
+<p>A type to represent gender for example:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">type</span> Gender <span class="dt">int</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-2"><a href="#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">const</span> (</span>
+<span id="cb1-4"><a href="#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>    Male Gender = <span class="ot">iota</span>  <span class="co">// assigns Male to 0</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-5"><a href="#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true"></a>    Female              <span class="co">// assigns Female to 1</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-6"><a href="#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true"></a>    Other               <span class="co">// assigns Other to 2</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-7"><a href="#cb1-7" aria-hidden="true"></a>)</span>
+<span id="cb1-8"><a href="#cb1-8" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb1-9"><a href="#cb1-9" aria-hidden="true"></a>fmt.Println(<span class="st">&quot;My gender is &quot;</span>, Male)</span>
+<span id="cb1-10"><a href="#cb1-10" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// My gender is 0</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-11"><a href="#cb1-11" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// Oops! We have to implement String() for Gender ...</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-12"><a href="#cb1-12" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb1-13"><a href="#cb1-13" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">func</span> (g Gender) String() <span class="dt">string</span> {</span>
+<span id="cb1-14"><a href="#cb1-14" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">switch</span> (g) {</span>
+<span id="cb1-15"><a href="#cb1-15" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">case</span> <span class="dv">0</span>: <span class="kw">return</span> <span class="st">&quot;Male&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-16"><a href="#cb1-16" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">case</span> <span class="dv">1</span>: <span class="kw">return</span> <span class="st">&quot;Female&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-17"><a href="#cb1-17" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">default</span>: <span class="kw">return</span> <span class="st">&quot;Other&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-18"><a href="#cb1-18" aria-hidden="true"></a>    }</span>
+<span id="cb1-19"><a href="#cb1-19" aria-hidden="true"></a>}</span>
+<span id="cb1-20"><a href="#cb1-20" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb1-21"><a href="#cb1-21" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// You can accidentally do stupid stuff like:</span></span>
+<span id="cb1-22"><a href="#cb1-22" aria-hidden="true"></a>gender := Male + <span class="dv">1</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The Haskell equivalent of the same:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode haskell"><code class="sourceCode haskell"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">data</span> <span class="dt">Gender</span> <span class="ot">=</span> <span class="dt">Male</span></span>
+<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>            <span class="op">|</span> <span class="dt">Female</span></span>
+<span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>            <span class="op">|</span> <span class="dt">Other</span></span>
+<span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>            <span class="kw">deriving</span> (<span class="dt">Show</span>)</span>
+<span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="fu">print</span> <span class="op">$</span> <span class="st">&quot;My gender is &quot;</span> <span class="op">++</span> (<span class="fu">show</span> <span class="dt">Male</span>)</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="type-assertions">Type Assertions</h3>
+<p>A downcast with an optional error check? What could go wrong?</p>
+<p>Type assertions in Go allow you to do:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb3"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb3-1"><a href="#cb3-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">var</span> x <span class="kw">interface</span>{} = <span class="dv">7</span></span>
+<span id="cb3-2"><a href="#cb3-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>y, goodToGo := x.(<span class="dt">int</span>)</span>
+<span id="cb3-3"><a href="#cb3-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">if</span> goodToGo {</span>
+<span id="cb3-4"><a href="#cb3-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>    fmt.Println(y)</span>
+<span id="cb3-5"><a href="#cb3-5" aria-hidden="true"></a>}</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The error check however is optional:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb4"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb4-1"><a href="#cb4-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">var</span> x <span class="kw">interface</span>{} = <span class="dv">7</span></span>
+<span id="cb4-2"><a href="#cb4-2" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">var</span> y := x.(<span class="dt">float64</span>)</span>
+<span id="cb4-3"><a href="#cb4-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>fmt.Println(y)</span>
+<span id="cb4-4"><a href="#cb4-4" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// results in a runtime error:</span></span>
+<span id="cb4-5"><a href="#cb4-5" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// panic: interface conversion: interface {} is int, not float64</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="date-and-time">Date and Time</h3>
+<p>Anyone that has written Go previously, will probably already know what I am getting at here. For the uninitiated, parsing and formatting dates in Go requires a “layout”. This “layout” is based on magical reference date:</p>
+<pre><code>Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006</code></pre>
+<p>Which is the date produced when you write the first seven natural numbers like so:</p>
+<pre><code>01/02 03:04:05 &#39;06 -0700</code></pre>
+<p>Parsing a string in <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code> format would look something like:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb7"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb7-1"><a href="#cb7-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">const</span> layout = <span class="st">&quot;2006-01-02&quot;</span></span>
+<span id="cb7-2"><a href="#cb7-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>time.Parse(layout, <span class="st">&quot;2020-08-01&quot;</span>)</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>This so-called “intuitive” method of formatting dates doesn’t allow you to print <code>0000 hrs</code> as <code>2400 hrs</code>, it doesn’t allow you to omit the leading zero in 24 hour formats. It is rife with inconveniences, if only there were a <a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/strftime.3.html">tried and tested</a> date formatting convention …</p>
+<h3 id="statements-over-expressions">Statements over Expressions</h3>
+<p>Statements have side effects, expressions return values. More often than not, expressions are easier to understand at a glance: evaluate the LHS and assign the same to the RHS.</p>
+<p>Rust allows you to create local namespaces, and treats blocks (<code>{}</code>) as expressions:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb8"><pre class="sourceCode rust"><code class="sourceCode rust"><span id="cb8-1"><a href="#cb8-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">let</span> twenty_seven <span class="op">=</span> <span class="op">{</span></span>
+<span id="cb8-2"><a href="#cb8-2" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">let</span> three <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dv">1</span> <span class="op">+</span> <span class="dv">2</span><span class="op">;</span></span>
+<span id="cb8-3"><a href="#cb8-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">let</span> nine <span class="op">=</span> three <span class="op">*</span> three<span class="op">;</span></span>
+<span id="cb8-4"><a href="#cb8-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>    nine <span class="op">*</span> three</span>
+<span id="cb8-5"><a href="#cb8-5" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="op">};</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<p>The Go equivalent of the same:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb9"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb9-1"><a href="#cb9-1" aria-hidden="true"></a>twenty_seven := <span class="ot">nil</span></span>
+<span id="cb9-2"><a href="#cb9-2" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb9-3"><a href="#cb9-3" aria-hidden="true"></a>three := <span class="dv">1</span> + <span class="dv">2</span></span>
+<span id="cb9-4"><a href="#cb9-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>nine := three * three</span>
+<span id="cb9-5"><a href="#cb9-5" aria-hidden="true"></a>twenty_seven = nine * three</span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="erroring-out-on-unused-variables">Erroring out on unused variables</h3>
+<p>Want to quickly prototype something? Go says no! In all seriousness, a warning would suffice, I don’t want to have to go back and comment each unused import out, only to come back and uncomment them a few seconds later.</p>
+<h3 id="error-handling">Error handling</h3>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb10"><pre class="sourceCode go"><code class="sourceCode go"><span id="cb10-1"><a href="#cb10-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">if</span> err != <span class="ot">nil</span> { ... }</span></code></pre></div>
+<p>Need I say more? I will, for good measure:</p>
+<ol type="1">
+<li>Error handling is optional</li>
+<li>Errors are propagated via a clunky <code>if</code> + <code>return</code> statement</li>
+</ol>
+<p>I prefer Haskell’s “Monadic” error handling, which is employed by Rust as well:</p>
+<div class="sourceCode" id="cb11"><pre class="sourceCode rust"><code class="sourceCode rust"><span id="cb11-1"><a href="#cb11-1" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// 1. error handling is compulsory</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-2"><a href="#cb11-2" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="co">// 2. errors are propagated with the `?` operator</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-3"><a href="#cb11-3" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">fn</span> foo() <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="dt">Result</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="dt">String</span><span class="op">,</span> <span class="pp">io::</span><span class="bu">Error</span><span class="op">&gt;</span> <span class="op">{</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-4"><a href="#cb11-4" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw">mut</span> f <span class="op">=</span> <span class="pp">File::</span>open(<span class="st">&quot;foo.txt&quot;</span>)<span class="op">?;</span> <span class="co">// return if error</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-5"><a href="#cb11-5" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw">mut</span> s <span class="op">=</span> <span class="dt">String</span><span class="pp">::</span>new()<span class="op">;</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-6"><a href="#cb11-6" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb11-7"><a href="#cb11-7" aria-hidden="true"></a>    f<span class="op">.</span>read_to_string(<span class="op">&amp;</span><span class="kw">mut</span> s)<span class="op">?;</span> <span class="co">// return if error</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-8"><a href="#cb11-8" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb11-9"><a href="#cb11-9" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="cn">Ok</span>(s) <span class="co">// all good, return a string inside a `Result` context</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-10"><a href="#cb11-10" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="op">}</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-11"><a href="#cb11-11" aria-hidden="true"></a></span>
+<span id="cb11-12"><a href="#cb11-12" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="kw">fn</span> main() <span class="op">{</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-13"><a href="#cb11-13" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="co">// `contents` is an enum known as Result:</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-14"><a href="#cb11-14" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">let</span> contents <span class="op">=</span> foo()<span class="op">;</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-15"><a href="#cb11-15" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="kw">match</span> contents <span class="op">{</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-16"><a href="#cb11-16" aria-hidden="true"></a>        <span class="cn">Ok</span>(c) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="pp">println!</span>(c)<span class="op">,</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-17"><a href="#cb11-17" aria-hidden="true"></a>        <span class="cn">Err</span>(e) <span class="op">=&gt;</span> <span class="pp">eprintln!</span>(e)</span>
+<span id="cb11-18"><a href="#cb11-18" aria-hidden="true"></a>    <span class="op">}</span></span>
+<span id="cb11-19"><a href="#cb11-19" aria-hidden="true"></a><span class="op">}</span></span></code></pre></div>
+<h3 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h3>
+<p>I did not want to conclude without talking about stylistic choices, lack of metaprogramming, bizzare export rules, but, I am too busy converting my <code>interface{}</code> types into actual generic code for Go v2.</p>
+
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-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index ded6fd9..1549e3e 100644
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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index e6661b2..f767de8 100644
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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index ee05dc0..b0ed0ad 100644
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+++ b/docs/posts/rapid_refactoring_with_vim/index.html
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ BUFFER:    json!( ... );</code></pre>
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index b2a90a7..80bfe37 100644
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+++ b/docs/posts/static_sites_with_bash/index.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index b4818cf..37088bb 100644
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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mtZabXG.jpg        p8d5c584f2841.jpg  vjUxGjq.jpg</code></pre>
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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index 3e572e3..cc51210 100644
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
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diff --git a/generate.sh b/generate.sh
index 9504d6a..86a5a40 100755
--- a/generate.sh
+++ b/generate.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ intro() {
         I am a compsci undergrad, Rust programmer and an enthusiastic Vimmer.
         I write open-source stuff to pass time. I also design fonts: scientifica, curie.
         </p>
-        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at [email protected].</p>
+        <p>Send me a mail at [email protected] or a message at nerdypepper@irc.rizon.net.</p>
     </div>
     "
 }
diff --git a/posts/gripes_with_go.md b/posts/gripes_with_go.md
index 60aabc8..9bcaabc 100644
--- a/posts/gripes_with_go.md
+++ b/posts/gripes_with_go.md
@@ -166,12 +166,27 @@ employed by Rust as well:
 // 1. error handling is compulsory
 // 2. errors are propagated with the `?` operator
 fn foo() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
-    let mut f = File::open("foo.txt")?; // return here if error
+    let mut f = File::open("foo.txt")?; // return if error
     let mut s = String::new();
 
-    f.read_to_string(&mut s)?; // return here if error
+    f.read_to_string(&mut s)?; // return if error
 
-    Ok(s) // all good, return the value inside a `Result` context
+    Ok(s) // all good, return a string inside a `Result` context
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // `contents` is an enum known as Result:
+    let contents = foo();
+    match contents {
+        Ok(c) => println!(c),
+        Err(e) => eprintln!(e)
+    }
 }
 ```
 
+### Conclusion
+
+I did not want to conclude without talking about stylistic
+choices, lack of metaprogramming, bizzare export rules, but,
+I am too busy converting my `interface{}` types into actual
+generic code for Go v2.