#also overheard: One of your template arguments is a const ref. Why

[queenlua]

"You want to see something gross?" "YES!!!!  *long pause*  ewwwwww....."

did i hear this conversation between:

(1) two lil kiddos on the playground marveling over a dead bug, or

(2) two horrifyingly skilled c++ programmers, one of whom has just sinned against God personally via template metaprogramming & the other who is encouraging that nonsense