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Re: Six years of Go

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Feel free to downvote me if you want, but I'm skeptical about Go and what caught my attention in this linked article is the picture. Pretty much what I feel about Go. Was it a (sub)conscious choice?

Re: Six years of Go

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... and still no generics.

Actually, Ho has generics and has had them from the beginning. But they're only available for builtin types (slices, maps), not for user-defined types/functions.

Re: Six years of Go

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... and still no generics.

It is fairly clear by now that omitting generics is not an oversight, but rather a design choice. If you disagree, it sounds like Go isn't for you. Maybe it's time to just move on and ignore it instead of beating a dead horse.

I am always confused by the push to make every language exactly the same by using the same paradigms and features. Some languages try to take a different approach. If you can't figure out how to work within that paradigm, don't use it. Your comment is akin to complaining that Haskell doesn't support an imperative style.

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