Generic Programming Contents 1 Motivation 3 2 Standards Panel 4 3 Lectures 4 3.1 Foundations and Methodology Comparisons . . . . . . . . 4

A Dagstuhl Seminar on the topic of Generic Programming was held April 27{ May 1, 1998, with forty seven participants from ten countries. During the meeting there were thirty seven lectures, a panel session, and several problem sessions. The outcomes of the meeting include A collection of abstracts of the lectures, made publicly available via this booklet and a web site at Plans for a proceedings volume of papers submitted after the seminar that present (possibly extended) discussions of the topics covered in the lectures, problem sessions, and the panel session. A list of generic programming projects and open problems, which will be maintained publicly on the World Wide Web at