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The term genericity is clearly related to the word ‘general’, and when we talk of genericity in the context of software construction we are talking about the capacity to produce components which have a general use. Such components are essential if we are to promote the reuse of code through the development of class libraries.
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Tyrrell, A.J. (1995). Generic Classes. In: Eiffel Object-Oriented Programming. Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13875-3_10
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