Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 11:58:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Java <java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sun Keynote at JavaCon2000 - C++ templates Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010041154340.3367-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <39DB3748.72E7C55@ox.com>
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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.
> I don't see mention of such a jsr here:
> http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/search.html
Try
http://java.sun.com/aboutJava/communityprocess/jsr/jsr_014_gener.html .
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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