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		seanmcdirmid on May 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Choosing a Web Framework/Language Combo for the Ne... Generics also were not a new idea back then...and let's not forget Gilad and Martin, whose backgrounds weren't haskell.

dev360 on May 21, 2014 [–]

Does anybody know when C++ got templates?

dllthomas on May 21, 2014 | [–]

Certainly before 1994, given that Stepanov was already writing about his Standard Template Library for C++.

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