What language features do you "Consider Harmful" and why?

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  • go

    The Go programming language

  • Go's for idx, value := range []stuff{...} is so error-prone that they're considering changing the language to address it: https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/56010

  • kesh

    A simple little programming language that could one day compile to JavaScript.

  • This is a great idea that I've adopted for my PL. I took it a step further and also allow extensions of the core language to be specified, including profiles.

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