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0 pointsrohshall13y ago0 comments

Why do you think easier generics is not that important? I find that complexity of a statically compiled language increases manifold because of the way they handle generics. Do you think complexity does not increase or do you think complexity is not a criterion for success of a language?

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pjmlp13y ago

I have experienced some form of generics in Modula-3, Ada, Eiffel, C++, C#, D, Java, Scala, OCaml, F#, Haskell.

Given my CS background, the only language I think does a poor job with generics is Java.

As for language's success, it is usually related to which company is pushing it, or which killer feature/framework makes the people want to learn it.

I am not aware of any language that went mainstream just because it was simpler than existing ones, without having one of the reasons listed above tied to it.

dmpk2k13y ago

Not killer feature ≠ not important.

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