Reimplementing the bulk of std.meta iteratively

[claptrap]

On Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 03:46:52 UTC, Bruce Carneal wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 02:31:36 UTC, Andrei 
> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>
>
> We're in an early stage of exploration of discovered 
> capability, so I understand the excitement.  The C++ guys must 
> have been way excited about their meta programming discoveries 
> as well.
>
> Just a respectful reminder here: a discovered way to do 
> something is not a designed way to do something.  Cleverness 
> can take you a very very long way (Modern C++ anyone? :-) ) but 
> it's unlikely that it will take you to appropriate simplicity.

D: "Look ma I can peel an apple with a tin opener!"

Mom(C++): "That's my boy... the band-aids are in the usual place."