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Generics are sometimes said to be ''parametric'' or else ''static'' [[polymorphism|polymorphic]]. The effect of generic programming in [[object-oriented programming]] is achieved by means ''dynamic'' polymorphism. In this case generic programming is narrowed to the programming in terms of sets of types (i.e. classes), rather than arbitrary sets of language entities.
Historically generic programming first appeared in the form of macro languages and preprocessors.
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