Language like "self-inflicted wound" suggests there was either some strong objection to generics or that everyone was unaware they wanted them. That's not true.

Language like "self-inflicted wound" suggests there was either some strong objection to generics or that everyone was unaware they wanted them. That's not true. There's never been a strong design opposition to generics among the Go developers (note "the X developers" as distinct from the weird fanboy communities today of "X developers"), but it's always been balanced against other priorities, particularly compiler speed. C# and Java aren't quite so ready to throw stones in that area. That being said, I don't think it's some uniquely praiseworthy thing either. For me that's actually more for things like `strings.Cut`; too many languages refuse to use their stdlib as a tool to push good design, especially good "micro-design".