C++ templates are all about generic programming, but not the type of generics you may be familiar with from C# and Java. This is the first in a series on C++ generic programming. I'll start with an ...

Meta-program results are then compiled and merged into object code, including any back-end optimization. I discussed C++ templates last month, and how they differ from the .NET and Java generic ...

C++ 20, the latest version of the venerable ... This fulfills the intention for templates to support generic programming by making their interfaces precise. Code quality will be improved and ...

While C is widely used, Kalb says it doesn’t support the abstractions, generic programming and object-oriented programming that C++ can. “If you’re trying to do really ambitious projects ...

Also, my aim for C++ was always to go beyond the narrow definitions of OOP. Even my first paper presented an example of generic programming (and got it all wrong). Sometimes, it is more important ...