Functional programming with generics?

We did an episode on functional programming in Go with Aaron Schlesinger back in 2019… But that was before generics were a thing. Let’s revisit the topic and discuss the pros and cons now that we have generics. What’s changed? What hasn’t?

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Featuring:

• Aaron Schlesinger – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Johnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• Go Time #87: Functional programming?
• Dylan Meeus’s GopherCon 2020
• Aaron’s GopherCon 2017

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!