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Re:How generics are implemented in Go 1.18 by pjmlp on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:46PM (#30519773)
Generics exist in languages since 1976, more than enough examples than focusing on C++ and Java.
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Re:How generics are implemented in Go 1.18 by shadowgovt on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:51PM (#30521673)
good point! What could the Go team glean from those languages to improve Go's generics implementation?
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Re:How generics are implemented in Go 1.18 by pjmlp on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:54AM (#30524228)
Lots of things, here is their acknowledgement that it was a mistake to ignore them.

> we were biased too much by experience with C++ without concepts and Java generics.

https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/master/design/go2draf...

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