It is surprising to the people who have been feverishly trying to add generics to Go, with references to their efforts dating back even before Go1. It may not

It is surprising to the people who have been feverishly trying to add generics to Go, with references to their efforts dating back even before Go1. It may not be surprising to everyone. Trouble is that the people who are not surprised now are the ones who sat back and only watched, preventing their knowledge from making it to the project. Luckily for Go, a small team of domain experts decided to do more than sit back and their efforts are how the latest proposal was reached.