Re:Why is Rust difficult?
by smaddox on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:41AM
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In Python, duck typing provides the benefits of generics, minus the static guarantees. If you're using duck typing in python, then you should be able to understand why generics can be useful.
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Re:Why is Rust difficult?
by dullgiulio on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:09AM
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Go uses structural typing which feels like duck typing but it's actually checked at compile time.
That's the reason why the Go community feels generics are not the top priority (euphemism.)
Only in very specific cases (implementing data structures, for example) you can feel the need for generics. Maybe also in serialization, although that's really normal to pass a generic container (object, void *, interface{}) and use introspection.