>Quick searches turn up slow compile times as a definite issue with generics Where? I can find nothing of the sort. And given that we have proof otherwise (c

>Quick searches turn up slow compile times as a definite issue with generics Where? I can find nothing of the sort. And given that we have proof otherwise (compare D to go for example) it seems likely that you are choosing to interpret "some languages made their compilers slower" with "parametric polymorphism must make a compiler slower".