Really looking forward to a how it works post. What is that READMEM_1??

it's a placeholder that gets replaces by the python script on build

For what it's worth Firefox has a bug open to implement some of the core CSS features being used here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1950366

I don't know D so I'm probably missing some basic syntax. If pointers cannot be copied how do you have multiple objects referencing the same shared object?

> If pointers cannot be copied

They can.

It's like how talking about the "hockey stick curve" in an exponential growth line is nonsensical. It's everywhere and the curve angles you see depend entirely on what scale you view it from.

I remember learning about this gotcha around the time that Go was coming out. I was very disappointed that they were sticking to this behaviour around the same time that JavaScript was fixing it. As a new language they get less sympathy from me.

It does feel like Go is relearning lessons of other languages quite often. It's good that this and generics could be fixed later on, but it's unfortunate that they couldn't fix the null pointers (and going further always defaulting to some default value) and error handling.

> It does feel like Go is relearning lessons of other languages quite often.

A common sentiment when Go was unveiled was that its designers had ignored the 35-odd years of language research and experience since C.

Taxes.

The browser updates monthly with security patches. Electron's engine lags many versions behind.

It is built into Android. Go to twitter.com, log in and then accept the install prompt that appears. It integrates seamlessly with link sharing OS UI and jump lists.