[Fwd: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Generics false dichotomy]

[Nick Sabalausky]

On 2/16/2014 10:59 PM, logicchains wrote:
> On Sunday, 16 February 2014 at 20:29:04 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> It's not exactly true. What has happened is I spent a LOT of time
>> trying to make my C/C++ compiler fast. That experience has enabled me
>> to design D so it is fundamentally fast to compile, and enabled me to
>> pick an internal design for the compiler that I know will be fast.
>
> Isn't this kind of the point? The Go devs don't have the somewhat unique
> experience of having written a C++ compiler from scratch to guide them
> in implementing generics in Go,

The Go devs have some pretty strong backgrounds themselves. I think it's 
reasonable to figure they can handle the task just fine. Besides, I 
suspect the #1 optimization in making a fast-to-compile language is just 
simply "Don't make C++".