Concepts RE: Python evolution: Unease

[Skip Montanaro]

    Paul> Oops: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_programming

    Paul> This helps.  But I don't see how it's different from what used to
    Paul> be called polymorphism.

I think of generic programming as polymorphism for statically typed
languages.  Using the example from the Wikipedia reference, you can't have a
generic List class that can hold a list of ints as well as a list of animals
without using templates.

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