The Strange Loop conference

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 9/21/11 12:59 PM, bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>
>> which has enjoyed moderate audience and success. I uploaded the
>> slides at http://erdani.com/d/generic-programming-galore.pdf and
>> the video may be available soon.
>
> In future talks I suggest to show some downsides too, like explaining
> how much memory uses the D RE engine, how hard are to write, read,
> modify and debug text-based mixins like the bitfields, etc.

I did mention the downsides in the talk: memory consumption during CTFE 
and the compiler's inability to explain why a template didn't match.

Andrei