> a language designed to be opaque to casual examination
Is this really the case? I thought the prevailing wisdom is that Go was designed to be as simple as possible so newbs can pick it up faster. I find Go to be quite easy to read and follow along with even though I've never written a line of it. Rust on the other hand...
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