Thread: Explain: A template function is not a function

A
template function is not a function. The prototype for a template function is
maximum<T>(T, T). The function that this template creates when T is int is
the function (not template function) maximum(int, int).

I picked up this from a book. It says

The main() function implicitly causes C++ to create two versions of maximum()

How does C++ create the versions of the template maximum() ?
Can you give me an example ?

Creating a function from a template is called instantiating the template.

Secondly, C++ does itself create a function from a template or do we have to do it somehow ?

Isn't it technically called a "function template", that is, a template for generating functions as requested?