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A few weeks ago, Alex Gaynor gave a talk at waza entitled " Why Python, Ruby, and Javascript are slow ". A video now available , and it is a good watch if you use any of these languages. Even if you don't, or have just viewed the slides, it is still thought provoking.
Are LLMs the final blow in the war against Wirth's law?
These notes are based on the August 27 2018 design draft for generic types in Go2.