Universal generics would allow Java type variables to range over primitive and reference types, making it easier to extend or reuse code across different types. Credit: Aline Ponce ...

Second, these are Java enums, they can and should have methods on them. When I was working with such mechanisms, we duplicated things like the ids of enums in both the database and the code.

New Age C++ C++ Templates: Not a General Case of Generics Diego Dagum provides an overview of C++ templates, and how its generics differ from C# and Java. By Diego Dagum 12/20/2012 C++ templates are ...

As an aside in java (unless something has got waaaaay better with the JIT/compiler) the resulting code you have will be horribly slow because it will box and allocate all over the place.

By Diego Dagum 01/25/2013 Get Code Download I discussed C++ templates last month, and how they differ from the .NET and Java generic programming you're used to. This month I'll discuss some more C++ ...

Brian Goetz, Oracle's Java language architect, has been talking for quite a while about the need for new features in Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to improve its typing system on several ...