Comment by kragen
4 days ago
Your example isn't syntactically valid in Golang. Declarations are statements in Rust too, but not Python, TypeScript, or ECMAScript (which to my surprise does have a "Declaration" nonterminal in its grammar). C++, Java, and C# are half-and-half; in their grammars, some kinds of declarations (in particular, like `int x;`) can be statements, but others cannot.
The distinction hasn't gotten any less clear, but it was already easy to find people in the 01970s who didn't know the difference. You're one of today's lucky ten thousand!
I do frequently encounter people who are failing to solve their problems because they don't know things that were already known in the 01970s, so I think it's worthwhile to study 01970s informatics. Mostly, though, I think it's worth studying the zeitgeist of the 01970s in informatics: some people were making rapid progress on solving fundamental problems, partly because they didn't have certain self-defeating attitudes that are popular in informatics today, such as not caring whether what they say is true or false.
> Your example isn't syntactically valid in Golang.
Well, of course not. Hnlang is clearly not the same language as Go. The different name tips you off to that. However, the same intent can be expressed as a Go statement:
For what it is worth, the silly pedantry you offer is as funny as you had hoped it would be, so kudos. But it is telling that you had to reach for being funny to mask your cluelessness. Better than being one of those idiots that doubles down on their idiocy once they realize that they have no idea what is going on, I suppose!
It sounds like using HN is exacerbating your mental health troubles. You should probably take a break from HN for a week or two.
The earlier comment was funny. These meme is, unfortunately, quite tired. Commenters on Reddit have been playing on variants of this idea for years. Jokes only work for so long, I'm afraid.
The irony of this coming from someone who unironically writes dates as 01970.