On: Is Java the Cobol of tomorrow and Go the Java of t...

[louis-paul]

I love Go because it fits in my head. There are tons of applications for which Go won't be the best fit, but Go is fantastic for some others.

[bad_user → louis-paul]

I don't disagree with that. If Go suits your needs, then good for you. My rant is related to my general dissatisfaction with the status quo and personally I expect more from new languages.

[swah → louis-paul]

Everyone loves that. But most people also want to write algorithms that work on different kinds of collections.

I think its just a matter of Go arriving at a good proposal for generics.