Yeah, my point was not "Rust generics are strictly better than C++ templates in all cases", but rather that the GP made it sound like you have to choose between

Yeah, my point was not "Rust generics are strictly better than C++ templates in all cases", but rather that the GP made it sound like you have to choose between C++ templates and type erasure and Rust proves that's a false dichotomy. Sorry if I was confusing.