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...ns. The second problem with C++ templates is that every template instantiation always generates completely new code, even when it doesn't need to. Consider the following two functions: struct PairPtr<T> { T* first, T* second }; struct Pair<T> { T first, T second }; T* getSecondPtr<T>(PairPtr<T>* pair) { return pair->second; } T getSecond<T>(Pair<T>* pair) { return pair->second; } The generated code for getSecondPtr() is the same for every T. There is absolutely no need to generate a bazillion specialized copies. Notice that the .Net value-...