Drew DeVault • 6/7/2014

Go's error handling doesn't sit right with me

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The author, who writes assembly, critiques Go's repetitive 'if err != nil' error handling. They argue it creates visual clutter compared to assembly's flag-based checks and single error handler, or languages using exceptions. The article is a technical analysis of programming language design.

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