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From: sam818@seas.gwu.edu (Samir N. Muhammad)
Subject: Difference between C++'s templates and Ada's generic units
Date: 1998/01/26
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Organization: George Washington University
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Date: 1998-01-26T00:00:00+00:00
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Hello everybody,

Would someone explain whether there is a difference between C++'s templates
and Ada's generic units. I checked the WEB document by David Wheeler,
"Ada,C,C++, and Java vs. The Steelman", and found out that the only difference
is that C++'s templates are not yet standardized. Are there any essential
differenes between C++ and Ada support for generic programming. Any help
is highly appreciated.


Thanks in advance
Samir Muhammad