D - more or less power than C++?

[Kyle Furlong]

Ivan Senji wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> I started a new thread for this:
>>
>> "Mike Capp" <mike.capp at gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:dua67i$12cr$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>> 7. D has all (well, most of) the power of C++
>>
>>
>> I see this often and am a bit perplexed by it. What power do you feel 
>> is missing?
> 
> Something with templates :)
> You know the thing that starts with implicit ...
> 
> Another power that is missing is the power of standard library.
> 
>>
>> And what about the missing power in C++ - inline assembler, nested 
>> functions, contract programming, unit testing, automatic documentation 
>> generation, static if, delegates, dynamic closures, inner classes, 
>> modules, garbage collection, scope guard?
> 
> I agree, all these things are missing from C++.
> 
>>
>> What does D have to do to have more power than C++?
> 
> Fix isues, better std library, added std template library.
> 

Walter, how technologically complex is implicit template instantiation? I think the consensus
  here is that that is the next feature that everyone wants. I guess my question is, why did you go through the regex debacle, 
instead of working on ITI.