I wasn't speaking metaphorically.
A nil map is like a regular map but it has nothing in it, cannot grow, and takes zero space.
We live in a digital dark age.
+Neither of your issues is a problem.
+Your ideas may make people happy, which is not a small thing, but do they really help?
+What's this? https://plan9.io/
+Consistency is a better explanation.
+Code can move.
+You might find blog.golang.org/constants helpful.
+Over time, everything gets better but also worse and always bigger and more complex.
+Nice to see Egreg again.
+It wasn't my intention.
+The Blit was nice.