I can buy using generics sparingly (especially in the form of complex template metaprogramming). But never using it at all? Can you imagine convincing the C++ community to give up Boost because its use of templates is too complex?
They also seem to admit that if they were to do it over again and start from scratch they'd use exceptions:
> Things would probably be different if we had to do it all over again from scratch.
They also seem to admit that if they were to do it over again and start from scratch they'd use exceptions:
> Things would probably be different if we had to do it all over again from scratch.