In a social/cultural sense, rather than a purely technical sense. Old Busted C++ vs Modern C++ might have been a better example. Pre-generic and post-generic c

In a social/cultural sense, rather than a purely technical sense. Old Busted C++ vs Modern C++ might have been a better example. Pre-generic and post-generic codebases will likely play awkwardly together, with lots of boxing between generics and interface{}. Folks who prefer generics will start to wrap or recreate popular existing libraries in the generic style. It'll be a constant drag on everything. Of course I may be wrong and the community might embrace the proposal whole-heartedly. But I won't hold my breath. Dismissing generics has been a gopher shibboleth for years and years.