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		aidenn0 on Sept 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Warming up to Go I like rarely used features. A language having extra features doesn't make it worse. I've used maybe 5% of the python standard library, but that fact doesn't make me feel like Python is worse.

meowface on Sept 13, 2015 [–]

There's a big difference between "features" and "libraries".

aidenn0 on Sept 14, 2015 | [–]

Care to explain? As an example of a rarely used feature I'm glad to have: Common Lisp macros.

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