Go language adds generics

Go 1.18 is now available as a beta release featuring highly anticipated generics capabilities, called the most significant change to the programming language since the release of Go 1.0 in 2012.

Published December 14, Go 1.18 Beta 1 is the first preview release of the Google-developed open source language containing support for generic code using parameterized types. Generic programming is an enhancement enabling representation of functions and data structures in a generic form, with types being factored out. Generics can provide building blocks to share code and make it easier to build programs.

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