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both these are outgrowths of C++ features - templates and rtti, which I saw first in the early 80's but were probably around earlier.
by davo11 18y ago
both these are outgrowths of C++ features - templates and rtti, which I saw first in the early 80's but were probably around earlier.
- BigZaphod 18y agoI'm not sure when type-safe generics came on the scene (perhaps that was C++), but introspection/reflection has been around since Smalltalk at least.
- wheels 18y agoWikipedia says Ada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_programming#Generics_in_Ada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_programming#Generics_in...