Re:Background: how we got the generics we have (2020)
by _old_dude_ on Thursday April 01, 2021 @12:55PM
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Very cool,
it seems to be the best of both worlds, the specialization of the class/fields is done the first time a specialized type is instantiated while the specialization of methods is done by the JIT.
And the VM can specialize on any values, not just types.
And the VM can specialize on any values, not just types.