> ...lack of macros and lack of generics ... To be fair, you can do absolutely everything you want to do in C++ without using either of these features at all, i

> ...lack of macros and lack of generics ... To be fair, you can do absolutely everything you want to do in C++ without using either of these features at all, it just takes a bit of discipline. And if you see the flack that go gets for not including generics then I'm not so sure that that is a great way to get people to adopt your language.