title: Practical Uses for the "Curiously Recurring Template Pattern"
body: <p>What are some practical uses for the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously_Recurring_Template_Pattern" rel="noreferrer">Curiously Recurring Template Pattern</a>"?  The "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously_Recurring_Template_Pattern#Object_counter" rel="noreferrer">counted class</a>" example commonly shown just isn't a convincing example to me.</p>