C++ Ranges proposal for the Standard Library

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/17/14, 2:17 AM, ZombineDev wrote:
> I saw [this][0] proposal for adding ranges to C++'s standard
> library. The [paper][1] looks at D style ranges, but concludes:
>
>> Since iterators can implement D ranges, but D ranges cannot be used to
>> implement iterators, we conclude that iterators form a more powerful
>> and foundational basis.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> [0]: https://isocpp.org/blog/2014/10/ranges
> [1]: https://ericniebler.github.io/std/wg21/D4128.html

Yeah, it's true and somewhat self-evident in the sense that structure 
build upward (more structure from less). In the same vein pointers are 
more powerful than slices and untyped data more powerful than typed data.

Andrei