Editing Generic programming (section)

===Other languages===
Languages in the [[ML (programming language)|ML]] family support generic programming through [[parametric polymorphism]] and generic [[Modular programming|modules]] called ''functors.'' Both [[Standard ML]] and [[OCaml]] provide functors, which are similar to class templates and to Ada's generic packages. [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] syntactic abstractions also have a connection to genericity – these are in fact a superset of C++ templates.

A [[Verilog]] module may take one or more parameters, to which their actual values are assigned upon the instantiation of the module. One example is a generic [[Hardware register|register]] array where the array width is given via a parameter. Such an array, combined with a generic wire vector, can make a generic buffer or memory module with an arbitrary bit width out of a single module implementation.<ref>Verilog by Example, Section ''The Rest for Reference''. Blaine C. Readler, Full Arc Press, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9834973-0-1}}</ref>

[[VHDL]], being derived from Ada, also has generic abilities.<ref>https://www.ics.uci.edu/~jmoorkan/vhdlref/generics.html VHDL Reference</ref>

[[C (programming language)|C]] supports "type-generic expressions" using the {{c-lang|_Generic}} keyword:<ref name="N1516">[https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1516.pdf WG14 N1516 Committee Draft — October 4, 2010]</ref>
<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
#define cbrt(x) _Generic((x), long double: cbrtl, \
                              default: cbrt, \
                              float: cbrtf)(x)</syntaxhighlight>