Re:Golang generics proposal has been accepted
by mseepgood on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:31PM
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> I'm thinking of Rob Pike
I do not remember him being against generics. He is the one who contacted his former colleague Phil Wadler to help with the theoretical validation of the type parameters proposal. In his talk about the Go 2 draft specifications (back then the proposal was still based on contracts) he was positive that a good design can be found.
(*) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvL2ONhFBI
I do not remember him being against generics. He is the one who contacted his former colleague Phil Wadler to help with the theoretical validation of the type parameters proposal. In his talk about the Go 2 draft specifications (back then the proposal was still based on contracts) he was positive that a good design can be found. (*) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvL2ONhFBI