Someone with serious knowledge should wade into this campaign of FUD. The whole thread is wrong-headed.
------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Aram Hăvărneanu <[email protected]> > To: Jonathan Amsterdam <[email protected]> > Cc: golang-nuts <[email protected]>, Michael Jones > <[email protected]>, Jonathan Barnard <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Generics false dichotomy > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:03:38 +0100 > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Jonathan Amsterdam > <[email protected]> wrote: > > D doesn't pay too much of a compilation penalty for its generics > > D pays a huge penalty in compilation speed for generics. D generics > are turing complete, making compilation time potentially unbounded. > Dmd might build their standard library quickly, but this says nothing > about the fundamental issue. > > Potentially unbounded compilation times are unacceptable for Go. > > -- > Aram Hăvărneanu > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
