>"To be honest C++-like templates are probably the worst way to do generics." Could you or someone else elaborate on C++'s implementation and how it contribute

>"To be honest C++-like templates are probably the worst way to do generics." Could you or someone else elaborate on C++'s implementation and how it contributes to the negative effects which you've enumerated? Might you or anyone else recommend some links or literature on this? Lastly this might be a silly question but are generics and C++ templates strictly equivalent? Or are there some subtle conceptual differences?