Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 06:45:50 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> To: behanna@zbzoom.net Cc: FreeBSD-Java <java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sun Keynote at JavaCon2000 - C++ templates Message-ID: <200010042115.GAA27898@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041154340.3367-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> from Chris BeHanna at "Oct 4, 2000 11:58:30 am"
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Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Rob Furphy wrote: > > > I'm curious, what is it about C++ style templates that you feel will > > be good for java? > > (Anyone?) > > Type-safe collections, allowing compile-time type-checking. In > large C++ systems, huge numbers of potential errors are caught this > way. Better 100 compile-time errors than a single run-time > error--*especially* if that error is discovered after deployment! > > There are other uses; e.g., generic algorithms implemented in > template classes that again offer compile-time type checking, thereby > reducing the number of run-time type errors that you'd have to track > down. What he said :). Yay! I have definitely missed this feature in Java. Not only do you get the much improved compile time type safety Chris has mentioned above, there are also potential performance benefits. - Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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