Microsoftware Monthly 19…2 Programming Power Tools/MASO9512.ISO/cpptutor/cpptutor.arj/CH15/A15092.TXT

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Consider a stack as an example of an abstract data type.  A stack
must have methods for pushing an item onto the stack and for
popping an item off the stack.  These methods do not depend on the
type of each item in the stack.  In C++, you can define a class
template that implements several stacks.  Similarly, a single
algorithm for sorting elements in an array can be used for arrays
of different types.  In C++, you can declare a function template
for a blueprint sort function that can handle arrays of different
types.