He says "Use C++11 auto wherever possible." Nobody argues auto and decltype is necessary for generic code but this not what Sutter's writing about. In fact he d

He says "Use C++11 auto wherever possible." Nobody argues auto and decltype is necessary for generic code but this not what Sutter's writing about. In fact he does not have a single word like "generic" or "template" in his entire article. Which alone should be a good indication this has nothing to do with the modern C++ style unlike Alexandrescu's book with the similar name.