Compile time executable calling?

[Orvid King]

On Wednesday, 8 January 2014 at 18:46:37 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
> I made a post about it a few months back and it seemed like 
> there were some people who would want this, but nothing ever 
> came of it.
>
> The idea is basically being able to call and capture the output 
> of a program at compile time, similar to a string import.
>
> Has anyone thought about this since?
>
> I know I for one would still love this.
>
> -Tofu

My argument against this is simple, and can be summed up in one 
sentence: "Why yes, you tried to build my code, so I deleted all 
of your source code."