Mid-term vision review

[Martin Nowak via Digitalmars-d]

On 04/06/2015 03:39 AM, Dennis Ritchie wrote:
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> Thanks. I hope that in the near future will be a powerful D macrosystem.

Don't expect too much enthusiasm about adding macros.

- D already has very good metaprogramming capabilities and most stuff
macros can do, can already be achieved using string mixins
- Macros in Scala turned out very complex (not sure about std.meta).
- DSLs can fracture the community
(http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html)

Might be a approach to write a good, fast, and CTFEable parsing library for.