Why Templates?

[Hasan Aljudy]

Ivan Senji wrote:
> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 
>> I feel the same.
>> I do come from C++ background, but I just hate templates! (Now I hate 
>> C++ itself :)
>> I think templates were introduced in C++ to solve the "no-base-class" 
>> problem.
> 
> 
> It is the other way around, languages introduce common base class to 
> solve the no-templates-problem. (Not a very good solution IMO).
> 

No. The Object base class fits perfectly into the object oriented 
paradigm. Templates do not, hence a hack.

>> In other words, it's a hack that solves a misfeature in C++.
>>
>> D's templates are not really templates any more, they're more like a 
>> meta-programming facility. Or so I think, anyway. I don't really 
>> understand templates anyway, not to mention meta programming
>>