Maybe adding generics to Go is about syntax after all

Re:Maybe adding generics to Go is about syntax after all by oblio on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:33AM (#17909722)

The average programmers seem to like different symbols for what they consider different things. I don't know if it is better or not, but it seems to be the status quo...

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Re:Maybe adding generics to Go is about syntax after all by goatlover on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @08:02PM (#17913962)

But if that's really the case, then why hasn't Perl way of denoting the basic kind of variable with a starting symbol been copied in other languages?

My guess is because most languages don't do that, so people are used to variables not having a symbol denoting their basic type. It largely comes down to what sort of syntax people are accustomed to.

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Re:Maybe adding generics to Go is about syntax after all by vgy7ujm on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:02AM (#17915141)

It was copied. Php, Ruby, Powershell...

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