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From: Alexander Van Hecke <alexke@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: bitwise comparators
Date: 2000/01/17
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>
>
> > use structs and callback functions and you have perfect generic types!
>
> You imagine a rather inefficient way to implement generics.

As a matter of fact, this way is more efficient than using templates!  Templates have to
be copied and filled in -> lots of overhead.  If you use callback functions in structs,
all you have to do is link the correct pointers to the adresses of the functions and
that's it.

greetings,
alex