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It's OK to see a language that has certain strengths but also some weaknesses due to the nature of the strengths.

It's sad to see a language that has certain strengths but also some painful weaknesses for no good reason except that it's v.1. So far the best I've heard is something like "We understand there's a problem for certain users, and we don't rule out adding generic types some time later, but it's hard and our priorities are different". It is indeed not easy to do well (though Java has somehow managed to find a satisfactory solution).

Well, I'll wait a few more years.



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