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From: ianhogg@cs.umn.edu (Ian J. Hogg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Templates (again)
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.022843.10135@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 91 02:28:43 GMT
References: <1991Jun16.173916.143@and.cs.liv.ac.uk> <773@taumet.com>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
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In article <773@taumet.com> steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) writes:
>markr@and.cs.liv.ac.uk writes:
>
>There is no standard for C++ yet.  E&S (the ARM) describes templates,
>and is the model the ANSI C++ committee is using.  The final standard
>for C++ will include templates, and will look much like what is in E&S.
>Templates in their final form may or may not be identical to what is
>now in E&S.
>
>>*	do any compilers support them yet?
>
>No released commercial compilers that I know of.
>

  The version of Cfront you get with ObjectStore has templates.  AT&T has
licensed the code from ObjectDesign.


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