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That jives with this article I found: https://evrone.com/rob-pike-interview https://evrone.com/rob-pike-interview > Rob: Although it's far from certain, after
by hitekker 6y ago
That jives with this article I found:
https://evrone.com/rob-pike-interview https://evrone.com/rob-pike-interview
> Rob: Although it's far from certain, after over a decade of work it looks like a design for parametric polymorphism, what is colloquially but misleadingly called generics, is coming in the next year or two. It was a very hard problem to find a design that works within the existing language and feels as if it belongs, but Ian Taylor invested a phenomenal amount of energy into the problem and it looks like the answer is now in reach.
Sounds like he took a welcomed step back. Hopefully the new leaders can deliver.
- grey-area 6y agoIan Lance Taylor has been involved in the language for a long time, since 2008. Here he is talking about the built-in function append and why it shouldn't really exist in 2017 https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/559 https://www.airs.com/blog/archives/559