DIP 50 - AST macros

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/12/13 8:56 AM, dennis luehring wrote:
> Am 12.11.2013 17:39, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
>> Maybe the problem needs to be reformulated for D. I think an SQL mixin
>> that either stays unchanged (for DB engines) or translates to a D
>> expression (for native D data types) would be doable, nontrivial,
>> interesting, and instantly usable for people who already know SQL
>> without any extra learning. In other words... actually better than Linq.
>
> "actually better than Linq" good statement without knowing it deep
>
> linq allows construction and querieng of non table-like hierarchical
> data, so its more an object-hierarchy store/retrival system which can
> "also" work with the lower just-tables-like world of sql results

Yah, it was an exaggeration. Linq is very powerful.

Andrei