But that’s the opposite of what Go did. I think they always knew generics were important, but it just took ages to come up with a design that was satisfactory.

But that’s the opposite of what Go did. I think they always knew generics were important, but it just took ages to come up with a design that was satisfactory. Compare to Java, whose generics had so many compromises (type erasure) that I hated them. I really don’t think a quality gate is a problem, even if it’s sometimes inconvenient.