In agreement. IMHO generics basically have one place where they work well: abstract containers. Your queues, linked lists, what-have-you can benefit. But most

In agreement. IMHO generics basically have one place where they work well: abstract containers. Your queues, linked lists, what-have-you can benefit. But most other data structures? Nope. Too much of the algorithm depends on the primitive type. And that makes generics a nice boon for computer scientists and certain library authors, but of middling benefit for day-to-day coding. If the container works, you can copy-paste-modify your way to the types you want, or automate the same in a macro or code generator. It's not beautiful but it doesn't have to be.