lt;&gt;</span></code> which prevented it from being used
          in a generic layer of math functions.
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          An improved <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">numeric_cast</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code> which properly handled all combinations
          of arithmetic types was presented.
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          David Abrahams and Beman Dawes acknowledged the need of an improved version
          of <code class