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Generic programming

Generic programming is a style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of data types to-be-specified-later that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as parameters. This approach, pioneered in the programming language ML in 1973, permits writing common functions or data types that differ only in the set of…

Programming language support for genericity, Overview & Stepanov–Musser and other generic programming paradigms

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Programming language support for genericity

CLUObject-basedObject-orientedBETADEC
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Computer programmingAlgorithmsData typesParametersProgramming language
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Stepanov–Musser and other generic programming paradigms

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related to Further reading · 30
Generic programming → Archived, August, Backhouse, Bertrand, Cite, CiteSeerX, Computer Science, Conference, Datatype-generic, Datatype-Generic Programming, Gabriel Dos Reis, Genericity, Gibbons, Heidelberg, Hinze, ISBN, Jaakko Järvi, Jeremy, Jeuring, LCSD
related to Other languages · 9
Generic programming → Ada's, Both Standard ML, Languages, ML, OCaml, One, Scheme, Such, Verilog
related to Stepanov–Musser and other generic programming paradigms · 5
Generic programming → Alexander, David, Generic, Musser, Stepanov
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Generic programming → Concept, Partial
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Generic programming → style of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of data types to-be-specified-later that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as…

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Generic programmingis astyle of computer programming in which algorithms are written in terms of data types to-be-specified-later that are then instantiated when needed for specific types provided as…0.90text
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and were subsequently adopted by many object-basedinstance ofProgramming language support for genericityGenericity facilities have existed in high-level languages since at least the 1970s in languages0.80text
object-oriented languagesinstance ofProgramming language support for genericityGenericity facilities have existed in high-level languages since at least the 1970s in languages0.80text
including BETAinstance ofProgramming language support for genericityGenericity facilities have existed in high-level languages since at least the 1970s in languages0.80text
Cinstance ofProgramming language support for genericityGenericity facilities have existed in high-level languages since at least the 1970s in languages0.80text
subtypesinstance ofallow a class to be reused with different datatypes as long as certain contracts0.80text
signature are keptinstance ofallow a class to be reused with different datatypes as long as certain contracts0.80text
Generic programmingrelated to Further readingGabriel Dos Reis0.60section
Generic programmingrelated to Further readingJaakko Järvi0.60section

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