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On 12/12/2017 11:57 PM, Mehdi Saada wrote:
> generics ? Compiling generics is troublesome ? I don't want to butt in, but that's quite an annoying considering it's one of the oldest and most original feature of this language. It would suck a bit...

If you use generics the way they're intended to be used you'll have no problem. 
If you try to use them the way some people try to use them you may have 
difficulties.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"It has been my great privilege, many years ago,
whilst traveling through the mountains of Paraguay,
to find the Yack'Wee Indians drinking the juice of
the cacti."
The Old Fashioned Way
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