C++ isn't exactly known for having good acronyms. CRTP ("curiously recursive template pattern") at least tells you that it has to do with templates. SFINAE ("

C++ isn't exactly known for having good acronyms. CRTP ("curiously recursive template pattern") at least tells you that it has to do with templates. SFINAE ("substitution failure is not an error") tells you nothing about the context, nor how it would be used, despite being fundamental to metaprogramming in C++.