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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

language_fan wrote:
> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:06:03 +1000, Daniel Keep thusly wrote:
> 
>> It sounds good in theory, but it doesn't seem to hold up in practice.
> 
> Why? Has there been any non-successful attemps in this direction?
> 
> Many constructs of D for which semantics can be defined with a collection 
> of simpler constructs come to mind, e.g. foreach.

I used lowering to explain the likes of foreach and scope(xyz), with 
what I'd call qualified success. It doesn't simplify things as much as 
one would think it does.

Andrei