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

[Paulo Pinto]

Am 17.02.2014 20:08, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> 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
>

You have provided a very nice answer.

The problem with Go generics is religious, I might have to eat my own 
words, but I seriously doubt they will ever support it.

They are too focused with Java and C++ as models, to accept anything 
else as proof of them being wrong.

--
Paulo