The Next Big Language

[Walter Bright]

so wrote:
> One more thing, it is hard to be comfortable with C++ if you are pushing 
> the limits of templates.
> There are things you can do and things you simply cant.
> 
> Andrei and Walter here you know one of those template experts, so are 
> the people in Boost.
> I am sure not a single one of them would say that they are comfortable 
> using templates. C++ is awesome, for its time :)

C++ broke new ground with its template system. A lot (most?) of what you can do 
with C++ templates was discovered rather than designed, such as the functional 
programming aspect of it.

It makes perfect sense that once you figure out what to do with templates, you 
can design a system that makes that much more straightforward.

It's like the Wright Bros figured out how to do 3 axis control, and made it 
work. But it was Curtiss who started from those insights, and figured out a much 
simpler and more effective way to do it. (The Wright airplane company stubbornly 
stuck with the Wright design until Orville finally ceded control of the company, 
at which point it promptly switched to the Curtiss design.)