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Re:Go generics are not bad by phlakaton on Friday July 08, 2022 @11:59PM (#32031488)
At least in the case of PLT Scheme, I recall a conference where there was open hostility to the notion that their academic language might (horrors!) become widely adopted.
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Re:Go generics are not bad by vkazanov on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:47AM (#32032176)
And understandably so!

Wide adoption means certain academy-hostile rules: backwards compatibility, a lot of user pressure towards certain directions, etc. Academics need freedom, and adoption is not about freedom.

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Re:Go generics are not bad by phlakaton on Saturday July 09, 2022 @11:52AM (#32036214)
Haskell seems to have muddled through catering to both, though! Not sure whether they see Racket as still in that researchy space.
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