Nobody understands templates?

[Russel Winder]

On Tue, 2014-03-04 at 10:27 -0800, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 06:19:38PM +0000, Chris wrote:
[…]
> > True, true. The fact that the compiler can check for the right types
> > is great.
> > 
> > Btw, the quote you have in this post:
> > 
> > Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by
> > incompetence. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
> > 
> > I'm surprised that Napoleon would say something like this. Malice is
> > often a characteristic of the incompetent. The only way to get the
> > better of their betters. :-)
> 
> I'm not sure if that attribution is accurate. Nick has pointed out to me
> that he knows the same quote attributed to someone else, so this may be
> a case of internet misattribution (I picked up that quote from somewhere
> online, way back when -- no idea if the source was reliable, y'know,
> being the internet and everything).

I present you the following, which between then give a good account of
the whole situation. Sort of. Possibly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Hanlon_s_razor.html
http://blog.writch.com/2009/04/hanlons-razor-which-i-knew-as-heinleins-razor.html

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