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From: blaak@mda.ca (Ray Blaak)
Subject: Re: C++ templates vs. Ada generics?
Date: 1996/06/20
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Dale Stanbrough <dale@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> writes:

>[...] does anyone have any examples of what can be
>achieved in C++ templates, but not Ada generics?

On the fly instantiations (i.e. as a parameter to a function). Technically this
does not provide any extra ability, but it can be wonderfully succinct,
especially for one-time uses of the instantiation.

Cheers,
Ray Blaak