For limited set of problems templates are fine, like char/wchar_t for strings, double/float for vector algebra, template containers, etc. Also there’re another

For limited set of problems templates are fine, like char/wchar_t for strings, double/float for vector algebra, template containers, etc. Also there’re another evolved parts of the language that don’t suck. Such as the standard library: when the article was written, there was no STL _at all_.