Possible solution to template bloat problem?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/20/13 7:29 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 03:46:33AM +0200, Ramon wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 22:58:24 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 20 August 2013 at 22:49:40 UTC, Ramon wrote:
>>>> Happily I'm stupid and completely missed the condescending tone
>>>> of an evident genius. Instead I'll just be grateful that it
>>>> pleased one of the D masters to drop some statement down at me
>>>> at all.
>>>
>>>>> Awesome, thank you and keep destroying.
>>>>
>>>> "destroying"??? Which part of "not to bash it" and of "D means a
>>>> lot to me" and of "D is, no doubts, an excellent and modern
>>>> incarnation of C/C++. As
>>>> far as I'm concerned D is *the* best C/C++ incarnation ever,
>>>> hands down." was too complicated to understand for your genius
>>>> brain?
>>>
>>> I knew this would happen at some point:
>>> Andrei uses "destroy" as a positive term to denote a well-reasoned
>>> powerful argument/response.
>>>
>>> Chill :)
>>
>> Uhum.
>>
>> Well, where I live "to destroy" has a pretty clear and very negative
>> meaning.
>> I took that post (of Mr. Alexandrescu) as very rude and
>> condescending and I do not intend to change my communication habits
>> so as to understand "to destroy" as a positive statement or even a
>> compliment. While I'm certainly not in a position to look down on J.
>> Ichbiah, N. Wirth, and B. Meyer, I have certainly not spent the last
>> 25+ years without understanding a thing or two about my profession,
>> no matter what Mr. Alexandrescu seems to think.
>
> I didn't find Andrei's tone condescending at all. I think you're
> misunderstanding his intent. Disagreement with your ideas is one thing,
> but being rude is completely another thing. I would not stand for
> anyone, even if it's Andrei, being rude to a newcomer, but I don't
> perceive his response as being rude at all, even if he did disagree with
> you.

Probably not worth belaboring the point, but OP's reaction made me feel 
guilty enough to go back and re-read http://goo.gl/mJU68I. It's a bummer 
that Ramon took issue with it, but I'd be insincere to apologize for 
what I see as no wrongdoing. This may be a cultural difference seeing as 
OP's rhetoric and literary mannerisms are quite a bit different from the 
usual on this forum.


Andrei