Bradford Larsen wrote:
I don't have the book handy (it was from the library), but I seem to
remember reading something along those lines in ``Datatype-Generic
Programming: International Spring School, SSDGP 2006, Nottingham, UK,
April 24-27, 2006, Revised Lectures'', edited by Backhouse,
I have heard generic programming described tongue-in-cheek as the kind
of polymorphism that a language does not (yet) have. I find this
description rather apt, and it matches fairly what I see called
'generic' in various communities. But who said this, where and when?
Jacques
I first encountered this quip on ltu:
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1926#comment-23411
However, that comment doesn't give a source either.
Cheers,
Sterl.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jacques Carette care...@mcmaster.ca wrote:
I have heard generic programming described tongue-in-cheek
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jacques Carette care...@mcmaster.ca wrote:
I have heard generic programming described tongue-in-cheek as the kind of
polymorphism that a language does not (yet) have. I find this description
rather apt, and it matches fairly what I see called 'generic' in
Bradford Larsen wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Jacques Carette care...@mcmaster.ca wrote:
I have heard generic programming described tongue-in-cheek as the kind of
polymorphism that a language does not (yet) have. I find this description
rather apt, and it matches fairly what I
Sterling Clover wrote:
I first encountered this quip on ltu:
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1926#comment-23411
However, that comment doesn't give a source either.
Probably where I remembered it from too. I'll continue searching - it's
a good quote!
Jacques
