Possible solution to template bloat problem?

[Ramon]

On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 17:05:21 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 16:59:00 UTC, Ramon wrote:
>> I'm afraid the issue is bigger.
>
> Your insight about variety of modern programming language 
> applications is extremely limited. If you are willing to 
> introduce random runtime costs for nothing, there are lot of 
> other awesome languages that can satisfy your needs.
>
> As someone who does not want to write embedded'ish code in C 
> anymore (and hopes to drag D there eventually) I am dangerously 
> close to hating you.

And that shows. Well, if that fits your definition of 
"professional", so be it.

To avoid misunderstandings: I still like D and think that it's a 
great language/solution. I still see very attractive points. I 
still think that even templates can be attractive and are way 
better done in D than in C++.

I just don't agree that writing "generics" in the brochure and 
actually delivering templates is a good thing. And I happen to 
think that real generics are a very good thing.

Nevertheless, feel free to hate me and to get closer to ad 
hominems. I even promise to *not* consider your attitude to in 
any way reflect D's (or their creators) ;-)