> maybe Gosling and Pike really do believe that generics and HOF are too difficult for the average programmer
The reasons that Go doesn't have generics are well documented and discussed (continually) on golang-nuts. Basically, the designers feel none of the existing generics implementations are adequate. They claim that if and when a better solution is devised, they're open to using it.
I don't know why you're accusing them of shielding users from generics, unless you think they're being disingenuous.
The reasons that Go doesn't have generics are well documented and discussed (continually) on golang-nuts. Basically, the designers feel none of the existing generics implementations are adequate. They claim that if and when a better solution is devised, they're open to using it.
I don't know why you're accusing them of shielding users from generics, unless you think they're being disingenuous.