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Re:Seven years of Go by wtetzner on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:48PM (#12925294)
Wow. That seems very complicated for an implementation of map().

It seems like this is a perfect example of how generics are a productivity feature.

Re:Seven years of Go by weberc2 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:23PM (#12925618)
It's complicated because the reflect library is very general. There's no need to repeat most of this. So in fact, it's a perfect example of how functions are a productivity feature.
Re:Seven years of Go by wtetzner on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @10:36PM (#12974013)
I would argue it's both.