Furthermore, who is going to take the OP's link seriously with statements like this;

I mean give me a break....

Yes templates are/can be complicated. But guess what, they are optional and don't have to be used in MOST situations. Seems like he or she is complaining about something that they do not understand or do not want to take the time to understand.

90% of what was said in that link boiled down to "preferences" and had very little to do with actual fact. The arguments were not that convincing and I even think one of his issues (the only one that had any real merit) can be solved by using pre-compiled headers..