Interactive C#: Fundamentals, Core Concepts and Patterns

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Vaskaran SarcarInteractive C#https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3339-9_12

12. Generics

Vaskaran Sarcar¹ 

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Comparison between Generic and Non-Generic Programs

Teacher starts the discussion: Generics are one of the key concepts of C#. They came in C# 2.0, and since then, they have expanded with additional features.

To understand the power of generics , we will start with a non-generic program and then write a generic program. Later, we will do a comparative analysis and then we will try to discover the advantages of generic programming. Consider the following program and the output.

Demonstration 1: A Non-Generic Program

using System;

namespace NonGenericEx

{

    class NonGenericEx

    {

        public ...