In what context would “need” a language to not have generics? I can understand not “wanting” generics to keep it simpler, but I can’t see that as a “need”. Per

In what context would “need” a language to not have generics? I can understand not “wanting” generics to keep it simpler, but I can’t see that as a “need”. Personally, in any typed language, I want generics, not having them feels very limiting.