Go Has Pipes at Home

ME (GOPHER): Can we get pipes? Robert Griesemer: We have pipes at home. Pipes at home: t1 := a(x); t2 := b(t1);

A text-only programming meme jokes about Go lacking traditional pipe operators. The Go gopher asks for pipes, but Robert Griesemer offers the language’s homemade workaround: assigning function results to intermediate variables. It is sent as a reaction to awkward or verbose alternatives to a desired programming feature.

• @profunctor_io / 2928 2019-08-28