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		kitkat_new on Jan 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Proposal for Adding Generics to Go The lack of generics makes it only more complex. Simplicity: yes, but in a senseful manner. Omitting generics is not senseful to me.

hackyhacky on Jan 12, 2021 [–]

I agree. But if you like generics, why not use a language that already has them, e.g. Rust, Haskell, etc.

mrnothing_123 on Jan 12, 2021 | [–]

maybe you already use go-lang, and want generics.

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