> But I disagree that putting commands in comments at all is a good idea. Just because other languages do it doesn't make it a good idea. It's clearly a hack to get around some historical problem, and we're better than that.
A member of the Go team says:
> Where you see a hack I see an elegant design.
It's never been an elegant design, at best, it was an acceptable design in the 90s.
> But I disagree that putting commands in comments at all is a good idea. Just because other languages do it doesn't make it a good idea. It's clearly a hack to get around some historical problem, and we're better than that.
A member of the Go team says:
> Where you see a hack I see an elegant design.
It's never been an elegant design, at best, it was an acceptable design in the 90s.