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Yes, the practicality of dropping in use of a well-optimized library is one of the ways that C++ code often beats C.

Another is the ability to pass a lambda to library function, and compiled directly into it, where C would need to pass a pointer-to-function to be called indirectly.

Both contribute to the showcase sorting example, which is used frequently because it had proven to be understandable, not because it is unique.



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