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Generics (also known as templates) have become a standard feature of modern programming languages, offering parameterization by data types and possibly other entities. Generics support efficient type-safe container data structures, general-purpose algorithms, and other reusable components. However, the approaches in different languages vary widely in syntax, semantics, and usage. This paper summarizes the design of generics in Ada, C++, C#, and Java and compares them with respect to expressiveness, implementation model / run-time efficiency, and interaction with object-oriented programming and other features.
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Brosgol, B.M. (2010). A Comparison of Generic Template Support: Ada, C++, C#, and JavaTM . In: Real, J., Vardanega, T. (eds) Reliable Software Technologiey – Ada-Europe 2010. Ada-Europe 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13550-7_16
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