[OT] Generative C++

Yuxuan Shui via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Thu Aug 3 15:17:57 PDT 2017


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.

Can you give us a pointer to your arguments? Some of us (me) are 
not familiar with them.

Thanks!


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