"I meant there are no plans for generics. That's not the same as saying we plan not to do generics. It just means we don't have a plan.

The FAQ is still accurate.

-rob"

"The time has come to change Go, given what we have learned over the past decade of using it in production. -rob"

the reason this proposal was accepted is because rob and others liked this plan and said over a decade of production taught them it is an important thing to have, in fact rob asked wadler and company to help get things right for go.. so i would say you'd bet wrong