> Unfortunately, using < and > for generics caused parsing problems in every language that tried use them for this purpose Not true. E.g. https://oberon-lang.g

> Unfortunately, using < and > for generics caused parsing problems in every language that tried use them for this purpose Not true. E.g. https://oberon-lang.github.io/ https://oberon-lang.github.io/ used them (before switching to generic modules) and the grammar was even LL(1). I do not find the other arguments convincing either.