> 4.10.9 Inheritance Class hierarchies are appropriate when run-time selection of implementation is required. If run-time resolution is not required, template parameterization should be considered (templates are better-behaved and faster than virtual functions). Finally, simple independent concepts should be expressed as concrete types. The method selected to express the solution should be commensurate with the complexity of the problem.

I’m a TS + Java person. Is this specific to C++ or is it just due to control freaks with low abstraction skills?