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I'm fully aware that it's a figure of speech. I'm calling out the hyperbole because it doesn't enlighten, and lacks self-reflection. A much more useful comment
by dsymonds 13y ago
I'm fully aware that it's a figure of speech. I'm calling out the hyperbole because it doesn't enlighten, and lacks self-reflection.
A much more useful comment would have been to describe how crucial $concept is to his programming practice, and how he tried working without $concept but found it a dreadful experience because of $x, $y and $z.
- DanWaterworth 13y agoThanks for the feedback, I was being quite dismissive. In this case, at least to me, it seems quite clear that parametric polymorphism would be a win - that the addition of parametric polymorphism would allow the library to be expressed and used in a more eloquent manner. The purpose of my comment was to draw attention to this.
- coldtea 13y ago>A much more useful comment would have been to describe how crucial $concept is to his programming practice, and how he tried working without $concept but found it a dreadful experience because of $x, $y and $z. Why, does anyone needs convincing of how useful Generics are? It's 2014 already.
- _ak 13y agoWell, the Go team certainly doesn't need convincing, they know how useful generics are, but you know... http://research.swtch.com/generic http://research.swtch.com/generic