>> On 13/01/12 10:48 PM, DNewbie wrote: >> > I can't understand it. Why would someone need template programming. What >> > problem does template solve?
Well read on and see :-) Peter: >> Suppose you want to write a function to get the minimum of two integers. >> It's easy: > > Oh.. I see. > Thank you everybody. And that's the first, more visible part of templates, a bit like generics in Java. Template are incomplete pieces of code with left-empty 'slots' which you can fill at compile-time to decide what code will be compiled. You can generate entire functions / class hierarchies or nicely crafted-for-your-need code / pre-computed-by-the-compiler code with templates. Philippe
