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What is the difference, templates generics
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Hussein Baghdadi
clojure forum advocate
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Joined: Nov 08, 2003
Posts: 3359
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Hi.
What is the difference between templates and generics ?
(I have C++ background)
thanks.
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Jeanne Boyarsky
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Joined: May 26, 2003
Posts: 26192
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John,
Templates are more closely tied to a specific type. So if you want to use a template with two types, you end up with two copies in memory. Generics can be used with any type. If you want to use a generic with two types, you only have one copy in memory.
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