> Not to forget, C++ template meta-programming was discovered by accident That's a bit of an uncharitable reading, no? For others that would like to make up th

> Not to forget, C++ template meta-programming was discovered by accident That's a bit of an uncharitable reading, no? For others that would like to make up their own mind: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/125314/in-c-were-sfinae-and-metaprogramming-intentional-or-just-a-byproduct-of-templ https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/1253...