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

[Russel Winder]

Someone with serious knowledge should wade into this campaign of FUD.
The whole thread is wrong-headed.

------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Aram Hăvărneanu <aram.h at mgk.ro>
> To: Jonathan Amsterdam <jbamsterdam at gmail.com>
> Cc: golang-nuts <golang-nuts at googlegroups.com>, Michael Jones
> <mtj at google.com>, Jonathan Barnard <jonathan.t.barnard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Generics false dichotomy
> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:03:38 +0100
> 
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Jonathan Amsterdam
> <jbamsterdam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > D doesn't pay too much of a compilation penalty for its generics
> 
> D pays a huge penalty in compilation speed for generics. D generics
> are turing complete, making compilation time potentially unbounded.
> Dmd might build their standard library quickly, but this says nothing
> about the fundamental issue.
> 
> Potentially unbounded compilation times are unacceptable for Go.
> 
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> Aram Hăvărneanu
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