C#'s greatest mistakes

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/27/10 4:18 CST, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 05:51 +0100, Torarin wrote:
>> Static interfaces (same thing as c++ 0x's ditched concepts) seem very
>> useful. Did you consider them at some point?
>
> Concepts didn't make C++0x but I am sure Bjarne will bring a revised
> proposal back to the table.   If the C++ committee do what the Fortran
> committee do, then there could be an intermediate standard within the
> usual 10 year cycle.  So assuming C++0x is actually ratified, then 4
> years later concepts could get into the language.
>
> I was at a workshop end of last year that was looking at various issues
> in C++ and ML's (probably OCaml's?) ability to handle all this sort of
> stuff for many years got Bjarne convinced to revisit concepts and create
> a revised proposal.

I sure hope they learn from D's experience with template constraints, 
which has been overwhelmingly positive.

Andrei