-----Original Message----- [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Leandro Melo

Hi David. I think there's a misunderstanding here. I believe that I know many of the benefits of Generic Programming. But my poiny is that I don't agree that algorithms implemented generically can be considered to be faster just because of that.

No, but its easier to make algorithms faster because of it. It ends up almost working like multiple dispatch. I'm speaking generically about generic programming, not specifically BGL. Eventually you hit an "aha" moment where runtime code can be moved to compile time through generic techniques. Atleast that's what I've found. I'm sure a true artist can skip the "aha" moment.