D on Wikipedia [Was: Re: Setting the stack size]

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/2/10 3:10 AM, so wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>> title=Template_metaprogramming&diff=64616972&oldid=64616688
>>
>> The discussion page mentions it doesn't add any value and I can't
>> disagree.
>
> They might be clueless to say that, but you?

I don't think there's any conspiracy against D on Wikipedia, but the 
edit mentioned above is actually damaging to people who want to 
understand metaprogramming.

Static if has been a huge boon for D, and it has been recognized by C++ 
luminaries that it would be^H^Hhave been a huge boon for C++0x as well. 
Discussing the stilted C++ implementation exclusively detracts 
considerably from understanding the true issues at hand.


Andrei