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Original Post: Generics shouldn't need explanation
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Heck, if you have the right tools, you don't need generics. I recall the first time I realized what #doesNotUnderstand: really allowed for in Smalltalk - I was able to build simple proxies without needing a set of extra language features. Unlike, say, C# and Java. Have a look at Julia Lerman's post - it's simpler to do this in the .NET world than it used to be, but still not as simple as it can be. The heart of the message forwarding scheme in the VW CORBA implementation is really, really simple....
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