So far despite all the people lamenting the lack of generics in Go I've yet to have seen someone propose a viable (eg: backwards compatible, realistic t

So far despite all the people lamenting the lack of generics in Go I've yet to have seen someone propose a viable (eg: backwards compatible, realistic to achieve with the current compilers and runtime, etc.) way to implement, nevermind someone who's produced a prototype. This seems to make it even more of an issue that they weren't included in the first place. Based on your statement, it's likely that when generics are finally added, they will initially cause the community some pain or they will feel tacked on.