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I guarantee we will still hear about how long it took them to add generics to the language and how the language is only popular because of “massive Google marke
by throwaway894345 5y ago
I guarantee we will still hear about how long it took them to add generics to the language and how the language is only popular because of “massive Google marketing campaigns” and how the language is “stuck in 1970” and so on for years to come. People who make silly criticisms aren’t likely to be pacified, and I don’t think generics will make people less upset that Go is eating into their language’s marketshare.
- lowmagnet 5y agoI've been using Go since maybe 1.4 and that's only 7 years ago. I started using it as my main language around 2016 or so. I knew people complained about generics and wanted them myself, but the ease of using this language have far outweighed any complaints I've ever had about generics or comma-error or comma-ok patterns that have evolved out of the core design. I would love some of the proposals surrounding errors to move forward, of course. But I'm OK with the current state, and will be happier with 1.18.