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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Compiler design in C?
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jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> writes:

> Le 10/11/2016 à 11:58, gwowen a écrit :
>> I can't. C doesn't support generics.
>
>> So I write a non-generic C++ function that calls the generic from the
>> library.
>> I have to write a one C function for sorting doubles, one for sorting
>> ints, etc.

> No. You can do it in C using the preprocessor.

Yes you're right.

I actually considered mentioning this, but decided against it.