Are you claiming that Pike wasn't a core developer and driving force behind Go? Because my point is about the "never" being false when early statements quite clearly said something else.

> Are you claiming that [...]

No, I'm saying that the person you are replying to has no need of you reminding him of Pike's words, given that he actually knows Pike, unlike you.

So, just that I follow. Go guy claims historically never A.

I point to Pikes blog which clearly said A.

So given these two points I should implicitly discard evidence (in form of a blog entry by one of the Go creators) in favour of a statement that is clearly at odds with it? His connection to Pike or Go does not change the text on the blog, unless you disavow Pikes role in the creation of Go his distaste of generics and his clear classification of them as unnecessary remains a fact.