Oh, now I see the light. I don't even need templates, just dozens of str.replaces littered throughout my code. Now I can throw away all these weird screw things

Oh, now I see the light. I don't even need templates, just dozens of str.replaces littered throughout my code. Now I can throw away all these weird screw things, and just have nails! /sarcasm My point still stands, no matter what you think you read in my post, different tools for different jobs is OK, there is no "silver bullet" (or magic-hammer or whatever).