> There's no point in denying that and Go will end up like both Java and C++, both of which didn't have generics in the beginning - and so it will end up with a

> There's no point in denying that and Go will end up like both Java and C++, both of which didn't have generics in the beginning - and so it will end up with a half-baked solution ... [I take no position on whether Go should have generics] Go has one thing that neither of the other languages had: Rob Pike. This is not meant with any disrespect to Gosling or Stroustrup, and I don't know Pike personally, but he has a reputation for sticking to his convictions even (especially?) when they are contrary to "market pressure".