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

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Mon Feb 17 11:08:51 PST 2014


On 2/17/14, 10:59 AM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
> On Monday, 17 February 2014 at 17:03:46 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 2/16/14, 12:09 PM, Russel Winder wrote:
>>> Someone with serious knowledge should wade into this campaign of FUD.
>>> The whole thread is wrong-headed.
>>
>> Thanks for mentioning this. It's an interesting thread. I posted a
>> response:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/rxOz-QMyHr4/BbNR_H1zyKkJ
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> It looks like you've been completely ignored.

This may be partly a logistics issue - my name appears garbled.

> And I love how the Sort package is their great example of implementing a
> generic algorithm. I consider it a package which demonstrates the
> problem with lack of generics.

I would agree that Go's sort tends to confuse people about what problems 
can and cannot be solved with Go-style interfaces.


Andrei



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