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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: speed of generic code in Ada (vs Java)
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Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:54:55 +0200
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jimmaureenrogers writes:
> On May 16, 11:31 am, "jhc0...@gmail.com" <jhc0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Java only allows 'objects' as generics parameters. So, if you define a
>> generic class and use 'Integer' as a parameter, your code will be slow
>> because of the boxing - up to 5x compared to non-generic Int (see the
>> recent discussion in comp.lang.java.programmer - the 'numerics'
>> thread). Is the situation similar with generics in Ada, GNAT,
>> specifically?
>
> No.

To add to Jim's excellent answer: Ada got it right the first time,
back in 1980.

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Ludovic Brenta.