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		nicoburns on March 9, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust vs. Go: Battle for the Back End > This applies to all languages with nil. The alternative being options (like ocaml) It actually doesn't. Languages like Kotlin, C# and TypeScript special case null in the type system and allow you to specify whether or not a given type should include null or not.

notpushkin on March 9, 2025 [–]

This. The bizarre way nils work in Go is completely over my head.

styluss on March 9, 2025 | [–]

Nil receivers are such a thing to have

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