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by bzbarsky 5293 days ago
Of course some of these things are being fixed (e.g. modules are being added; there has been talk of optional types). At least when Google or Microsoft aren't dragging their feet and sabotaging the process.

As for generics, I'm not sure what you're looking for there; it's pretty simple to write generic functions in JS, or indeed any language with duck typing, no?