[ComputerGuru]

Yeah, I can see how having features added to your favorite language while remaining fully compatible with the code you write today would warrant such a reaction. I mean, just having them in your language, even if you don’t have to use them is just so horrible.

[Skinney]

I think it would be naive to believe that adding generics to Go would have no effect on the stdlib, third party packages, and ultimately how you write Go code.

[JustSomeNobody]

I don't have a dog in this hunt, but if a feature is in a language, someone will use it which will mean eventually everyone has to.

[geodel]

Well the same is true for multiple languages which will mean not everyone has to use Go. Especially when there are so many interesting languages to choose from.

[baby]

What are you saying, you never read other people's code? That's actually my job.

[omginternets]

In his defense, just because you don't write generics yourself doesn't mean you don't encounter them.