They're talking about them in the sense that they acknowledge the demand but still don't seriously pursue it. The constant answer of "well gee, we'd love to do generics but unfortunately there isn't a perfect solution that has zero tradeoffs, darn" isn't really "talking" so much as it's "dismissing".
Is there a way they can disagree with (presumably) you without being "dismissive", or to avoid that accusation do they simply need to implement some version of generics?
