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Generics are sometimes said to be ''parametric'' or else ''static'' [[polymorphism|polymorphic]]. The effect of generic programming in [[object-oriented programming]] is achieved by means ''dynamic'' polymorphism. In this case generic programming is narrowed to the programming in terms of sets of types (i.e. classes), rather than arbitrary sets of language entities. |
Generics are sometimes said to be ''parametric'' or else ''static'' [[polymorphism|polymorphic]]. The effect of generic programming in [[object-oriented programming]] is achieved by means ''dynamic'' polymorphism. In this case generic programming is narrowed to the programming in terms of sets of types (i.e. classes), rather than arbitrary sets of language entities. |
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Historically generic programming first appeared in the form of macro languages and preprocessors. |
Historically generic programming first appeared in the form of macro languages and preprocessors. |
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