Your "why bother?" question is a good one.
Your question is answered by the FAQ entry.
Hip hip hooray.
+Go gets mocked a lot.
+I am done here.
+What's jQuery?
+It's possible but not by writing a single line of code.
+Your "mathematically more correct" claim sounds fishy.
+This statement demonstrates a profound misunderstanding.
+I guess that wasn't very helpful.
+The proposed fix is perhaps not the best one.
+It's only an issue on mailing lists and discussion groups.