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Re:Should Go 2.0 support generics? by didibus on Saturday July 22, 2017 @07:02PM (#14829900)
What will distinguish Go then? From say Nim, D, Rust, OCaml, Haskell, etc?
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Re:Should Go 2.0 support generics? by AzzieElbab on Saturday July 22, 2017 @08:03PM (#14830131)
Better runtime and tooling plus lower entry bar hopefully.
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Re:Should Go 2.0 support generics? by infogulch on Saturday July 22, 2017 @09:41PM (#14830475)
Pervasive custom generics will raise that entry bar significantly.
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Re:Should Go 2.0 support generics? by AzzieElbab on Sunday July 23, 2017 @07:31AM (#14831771)
Why? It doesn't have to be the mess java generics are. Just look at scala. Well, don't dig too deeply
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Re:Should Go 2.0 support generics? by didibus on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:22AM (#14837217)
> 10-15 years from now it's likely Go will have all the features that people have been asking for.

If this hapoens, the entry bar will be high again. The tooling will get slow, and runtime will become more complex.

To me, Go is all about that simplicity that comes with the lack of features. Though I think it can probably provide a little more in terms of generics, it also has to be careful not to become Nim or D.

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