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From: "REH" <spamjunk@stny.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: generics in Ada 83
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Hyman Rosen wrote:
> REH wrote:
> > That has got to be the best argument I have ever seem for Ada generics.
>
> Do remember, as has been frequently discussed here, that C++ templates
> let you do things like define dimensioned objects that require zero
> runtime overhead in either time or space and implicitly instantiate
> themselves only for the units actually needed. This is far beyond what
> Ada generics can do. The whole area of template metaprogramming is
> unavailable to Ada as well.

Oh, I'm still a big fan of templates.  I do a lot of template
metaprogramming, myself.  It is a very powerful tool.