>I didn't say google banned templates, Well, your response was to grasleya and he wrote: "Why is it that relatively simple and ubiquitous language features li

>I didn't say google banned templates, Well, your response was to grasleya and he wrote: "Why is it that relatively simple and ubiquitous language features like [...] generics are [...] an unacceptable amount of complexity?" [...] Are there any Java, C++, etc. developers arguing for the removal of these features [...]?" And your reply was: "Yes, google c++ style guide recommends to avoid [...] template metaprogramming," ... and therefore, that makes it look like you're conflating "generics" with "template metaprogramming". If your intention was to respond with a random tidbit unrelated to the proposed generics for Go, it means you're just introducing a non-sequitur and confusing readers trying to reasonably follow the context of the thread. The op (grasleya) wasn't talking about "template metaprogramming" to compare to "generics" in Go.