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Subject: Re: C++0x : no 'concepts'
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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:36:00 -0400
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:

> wwilson <leon.winslow@notes.udayton.edu> writes:
>> On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:44:30 -0400, Martin
>> <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Crickey! How glad am Ada has strong typing and a generic contract
>>> model!!
>>>
>>> http://www.ddj.com/cpp/218600111
>>>
>>> And that was going to make life 'simpler'!?!?!?
>>
>> I hate to show my ignorance, but what did the C people mean by "concepts"?
>
> C++, not C.
>
> See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts_(C%2B%2B)>.

I think the nearest Ada equivalent is a "signature generic package
parameter". 

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