Wasn't it originally a much bigger deal to be able to have the facilities for mo...

		CyberDildonics on July 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect i... Wasn't it originally a much bigger deal to be able to have the facilities for more generic programming before templates? These days people's threshold for bloat seems much higher, while the penalty for allocation and jumping around in memory are much higher as well.