Why Templates?

[Ivan Senji]

Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> 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.

Maybe so, but I see a common Object base class a hack to solve many 
problems that are simple and efficient to solve with templates. For 
example containers. Containers in Java(before templates)-style and 
C#(before templates)-style are nothing but inefficient hacks.

And one more thing <insert what Lars replyed> :)