Hi Martin, You've been very willing in this thread to listen to feedback, and I appreciate that. I hope it doesn't feel like I'm ganging up on you, but I want to comment on one other point I disagree with in your original premise.
I believe that the resilience of Go against unnecessary change is of > vital importance. The experience provided by Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and > Robert Griesemer in designing Go the way they did speaks for itself. > This kind of sentiment is something I often see when discussing generics. It's worth pointing out that the original creators you mentioned are still at least somewhat involved with Go's development and would make it known if they believe the current generics proposal violated the spirit of the language. Generics have been left as an open question on the FAQ <https://golang.org/doc/faq#generics> for a very long time. These things don't make an argument for generics on their own, but they do suggest that Go's original team was and is not dead set against generics, for what that's worth. On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 11:15 PM Martin Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been arguing passionately against adding generics to Go because > I truly believe that it is going against the simplicity of Go and the > philosophy behind the design of Go. > > I believe that the resilience of Go against unnecessary change is of > vital importance. The experience provided by Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and > Robert Griesemer in designing Go the way they did speaks for itself. > > I feel and believe it is of imperative importance to avoid adding things > to Go that doesn't present a true and real life day-to-day problem > and so far none of the examples the pro-generics camp has provided has > been more than minor theoretical examples that do not present any real > life problems. > > I therefore propose that the pro-generics camp provide real examples of > problems they have faced that was such a big issue that it justifies > adding generics to Go. > > If all we're presented are these small theoretical examples of sorting > lists, etc., then clearly this is nothing but hype that needs to go > away. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/19560461608790506%40sas1-75175cadc2b3.qloud-c.yandex.net > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAA%3DXfu0y2TqL6rCODoiJD%3D1n8wuGawM7jZw9-zfqD5Sx_oRttg%40mail.gmail.com.
