Re:Never Reinventing the Wheel Is Anticompetitive
by amelius on Saturday November 22, 2014 @06:40PM
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> then I invite you to put monster truck tires on your smartcar and tell me how well that works
That's why I prefer "active libraries" [1], i.e., libraries that can configure themselves based on the needs of a consumer application. Generic types can go a long way to keep things both flexible and efficient, but sometimes the best option is to have a library generate its own code.
That's why I prefer "active libraries" [1], i.e., libraries that can configure themselves based on the needs of a consumer application. Generic types can go a long way to keep things both flexible and efficient, but sometimes the best option is to have a library generate its own code.
[1] http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.40.8...