Comment by monkeyfacebag

On <> syntax, this has been discussed quite a bit. () were chosen to avoid ambiguous parsing.

Also note that generic methods are not allowed in the current design, only generic functions.

The new draft design ( https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/des... ) discusses both of these points. I recommend everyone who is interested in this topic read the design spec, ideally before commenting.