Re:Go and Simplicity Debt Redux
by jasode on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:18AM
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>I didn't say google banned templates,
Well, your response was to grasleya and he wrote: "Why is it that relatively simple and ubiquitous language features like [...] generics are [...] an unacceptable amount of complexity?"
[...] Are there any Java, C++, etc. developers arguing for the removal of these features [...]?"
And your reply was: "Yes, google c++ style guide recommends to avoid [...] template metaprogramming,"
... and therefore, that makes it look like you're conflating "generics" with "template metaprogramming".
If your intention was to respond with a random tidbit unrelated to the proposed generics for Go, it means you're just introducing a non-sequitur and confusing readers trying to reasonably follow the context of the thread. The op (grasleya) wasn't talking about "template metaprogramming" to compare to "generics" in Go.
Well, your response was to grasleya and he wrote: "Why is it that relatively simple and ubiquitous language features like [...] generics are [...] an unacceptable amount of complexity?" [...] Are there any Java, C++, etc. developers arguing for the removal of these features [...]?"
And your reply was: "Yes, google c++ style guide recommends to avoid [...] template metaprogramming,"
... and therefore, that makes it look like you're conflating "generics" with "template metaprogramming".
If your intention was to respond with a random tidbit unrelated to the proposed generics for Go, it means you're just introducing a non-sequitur and confusing readers trying to reasonably follow the context of the thread. The op (grasleya) wasn't talking about "template metaprogramming" to compare to "generics" in Go.