C++ templates are all about generic programming, but not the type of generics you may be familiar with from C# and Java. This is the first in a series on C++ generic programming. I'll start with an ...

June 7, 2001— The lack of generic types in the Java programming language has been a source of controversy for years. All of that is starting to change as JSR-014, “Add Generic Types to the Java ...

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Kenneth Harris, a NASA veteran who worked on the James Webb Space Telescope, shares how hardware and software ...

Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...

TL/DR -- In Java, I'm struggling to understand how to create an object instance of a generic type without first knowing the type. So, before I delve down into this, know that I'm trying to understand ...

What can I do with Java and C++ that I can't do with JavaScript? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

Answer by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Ex-Googler, Author of Cracking the Coding Interview and The Google Resume, If there are two programmers who are equally good, but one knows Java and the other knows ...