Professional .NET 2.0 Generics

12.11. Summary

This chapter should have given you a glimpse of how generics can be created and consumed by C++. The examples included here were not intended to be comprehensive. Instead, the chapter attempted to provide a broad overview of all the generic constructs and point out areas where C++ might vary in its syntax and underlying implementation. You also saw some examples of how generics and templates can be combined in a way that would allow other managed languages to interact with templates. Overall, you should find the managed generic syntax of C++ to be fairly easy to write and digest. In fact, the managed evolution of C++ combined with its raw performance makes it a compelling alternative to both VB and C#.