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		int_19h on Aug 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go 1.17 Release Notes The need to tackle generics later resulted in design decisions such as type erasure, which even today are still limiting the evolution of Java.

erik_seaberg on Aug 17, 2021 [–]

Yeah, that was an unforced error. Fundamental changes to a language can and should rely on upgrading deployed runtime libraries.

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