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		mgaunard on Sept 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syn... Templates are duck typing. Concepts are just the equivalent of if instanceof.

ncmncm on Sept 20, 2022 [–]

Concepts can be used for instanceof. But they can be used in other ways, too.

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