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		lenkite on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The simplicity of single-file Golang deployments "a legacy-but-still-officially-supported-in-std implementation that nobody uses anymore but still needs to be maintained with its own namespace." The cardinality of the set of "nobody uses anymore" is usually in tens of millions.

Asdrubalini on March 22, 2023 [–]

If something is used by tens of millions, be sure that it will be updated even if legacy. Just not officially by the people who maintain the language.

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