[OT] Generative C++

[Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 1 August 2017 at 22:06:28 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 7/31/2017 5:41 AM, Joakim wrote:
>> If he's right that C++ use is so balkanized, this will 
>> simplify some code but further balkanize the language.  That 
>> might be worth it for them, but rather than simplifying the 
>> language, it makes it more powerful and more complex, heading 
>> higher up into the hills rather than the lower ground he 
>> claims to be heading for.
>
> I can't say I understand the proposal, but if it is similar to 
> AST macros, my argument against that is well known and similar 
> to yours.

It's basically a restricted form of AST-Macros.
Not as aweful as it could have been but still quite complex and I 
have no idea how one would implement that efficiently.