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Why are there 2 different names?

Isaac Waller
– Isaac Waller

2009-08-17 03:38:13 +00:00
Commented Aug 17, 2009 at 3:38
Because I've seen both in usage, and I thought it might be helpful for the OP to know that they both mean the same thing. I also considered adding "templated types" since some C++ programmers call Java Generics that, but I decided not to because the differences (especially in how it's implemented) are significant.

Imagist
– Imagist

2009-08-17 03:52:11 +00:00
Commented Aug 17, 2009 at 3:52

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