Languages
Generics explained: one idea, three implementations
Generics let you write code once for many types without giving up type safety. TypeScript, Go and Rust each approach them differently.
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Languages
Exceptions vs. result types: two philosophies of error handling
Some languages throw errors up the stack; others return them as values. Each approach makes different mistakes easy or hard.
Languages
Threads, actors and channels: a guide to concurrency models
Languages offer very different tools for doing many things at once. Each model makes certain bugs impossible and others easy.