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Ah the usual barrage of links from Go folks, luckily we have also come prepared. > In three years of Go surveys, lack of generics has always been listed as on
by pjmlp 2mo ago
Ah the usual barrage of links from Go folks, luckily we have also come prepared.
> In three years of Go surveys, lack of generics has always been listed as one of the top three problems to fix in the language.
https://blog.golang.org/why-generics https://blog.golang.org/why-generics
> In retrospect, we were biased too much by experience with C++ without concepts and Java generics. We would have been well-served to spend more time with CLU and C++ concepts earlier.
https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/go2draft-generics-overview.md https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/go2dra...
And naturally Rob Pike's pearl,
> think the transition to getting polymorphism into the language through generics is has still got some years to work through there's still things that don't quite work right
https://youtu.be/yE5Tpp2BSGw?t=2134 https://youtu.be/yE5Tpp2BSGw?t=2134
- 0x696C6961 2mo agoIf they didn't want to add generics, why were they actively working on generics proposals and designs since the inception of the language? Was it a hedge against the potential of being pressured into adding them in the future?
- pjmlp 2mo agoGo survey results....
- 0x696C6961 2mo agoThe survey started in 2016. But even if it didn't, that still wouldn't make a difference. You're clearly not a serious person, so I think I'm done responding.
- pjmlp 2mo agoMarket pressure does wonders. Seriousness is a hard topic among Gophers, what today does not matter, is apparently quite relevant tomorrow, and generics aren't the only example where this kind of pivots take place. So whatever.