> Additionally, not having Generics has a cost, too.
The article says it: "do you want slow programmers, slow compilers and bloated binaries, or slow execution times." The first "slow programmers" cost is addressing the absence of generics in the language. Thus, it admits a cost.
> but acting as if there was a lower cost solution of "no Generics now, but retroactively add them later" hiding somewhere is just incredibly disingenuous and delusional.
... Nobody is acting that way. I've said nothing about the relative weight of any cost, nor have I claimed that a lack of generics has no cost. I mean, the link I gave you admits that a lack of generics has a cost right there. You even quoted the relevant portion.
> Given your cost argument, there is absolutely no position under which "we don't have plan, but might consider it in the future" would give a favorable outcome. Why not just be honest and tell your users that Generics will never arrive?
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that the Go language maintainers are purposefully lying to everyone? Do you have evidence of this claim?
> It's a fascinating pattern which happens as soon as you run out of on-topic arguments.
And insulting people doesn't fit that pattern? Yikes.
The article says it: "do you want slow programmers, slow compilers and bloated binaries, or slow execution times." The first "slow programmers" cost is addressing the absence of generics in the language. Thus, it admits a cost.
> but acting as if there was a lower cost solution of "no Generics now, but retroactively add them later" hiding somewhere is just incredibly disingenuous and delusional.
... Nobody is acting that way. I've said nothing about the relative weight of any cost, nor have I claimed that a lack of generics has no cost. I mean, the link I gave you admits that a lack of generics has a cost right there. You even quoted the relevant portion.
> Given your cost argument, there is absolutely no position under which "we don't have plan, but might consider it in the future" would give a favorable outcome. Why not just be honest and tell your users that Generics will never arrive?
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. Are you saying that the Go language maintainers are purposefully lying to everyone? Do you have evidence of this claim?
> It's a fascinating pattern which happens as soon as you run out of on-topic arguments.
And insulting people doesn't fit that pattern? Yikes.