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Re:Go: Support for Generic Methods by pizza234 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:35AM (#48295882)
It isn't realistic to expect a design to be "proper in first place" because requirements change; my opinion is indeed the opposite - I find it natural for programming languages to have a (sort of) lifespan, and for new ones to (sort of) take their place.
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Re:Go: Support for Generic Methods by someone_19 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @12:27PM (#48296640)
Indeed, in 2012, it was not clear to anyone that generics were needed /s
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Re:Go: Support for Generic Methods by array_key_first on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @08:24PM (#48302635)
Sure but literally everyone and their mom said these features were needed and then Go team said "nuh uh!!!" But, as it turns out, they are needed because they solve real problems, and are not just fake complexity like some people strawman.

Hopefully next they can add some error handling syntax and controls.

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