Generic Programming

Dynamically typed object-oriented languages have been left out of the scope of generic programming: in a dynamically typed setting, the need for generic programming has been less prominent since no restriction applies over the kind of elements a collection may contain. However, when creating an object, the class name is hardcoded in the program, and this makes the object instantiation process hard to abstract from.

BERGEL, Alexandre and BETTINI, Lorenzo, 2013. Generic Programming in Pharo. In: CORDEIRO, José, HAMMOUDI, Slimane and VAN SINDEREN, Marten (eds.), Software and Data Technologies. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2013. p. 66–79. Communications in Computer and Information Science. ISBN 978-3-642-45404-2. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-45404-2_5.