Quote: Modula-3's generics interact with interfaces and modules, not with the type system; avoids complications of every construct accepting every kind of entity as a parameter

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[How the generics got their subsection, by Anonymous] Jo: One of the things I like … [of generics with interface parameters] is that generics only interact with interfaces and modules, not … simple rewriting in terms of renamed imports. [Hackwell seems] to be proposing that every construct should accept every kind … get complicated. Pluckless generics give ninety percent of …   Google-1   Google-2

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