Howdy all,

I'm wondering. Why would one use templates? I mean, I see a use for them.. but limited. Books and tutorials can all use the basic "Foo" template class example, but it still seems a little pointless to me.

I guess my question is.. where would you use one? Why? I'm having trouble understanding how I would apply them to my applications, should the need arise (or, if I could potentially replace a heap of code with a template for the same purpose).

Any advice would be great,

chem