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Re:CppCon 2018: Simplicity: Not Just For Beginners [video] by Yoric on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:57PM (#18095480)
I would argue that what you're describing is even truer for generics than for templates. Don't you think?
Re:CppCon 2018: Simplicity: Not Just For Beginners [video] by bluGill on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:29PM (#18096773)
Generics is why we do templates in C++.

That you can use templates for something else is almost entirely useful only if you want to win something like the IOCCC.