Template instantiation syntax

[Christopher Wright]

Dave wrote:
> "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
> news:gcqvfr$1k6i$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> One of the original guiding principles of D is that it be easy to 
>> parse. There were a number of valid reasons for this, not just lazyness.
>>
>> Plus, I'm no compiler expert, but I think I rememebr hearing somewhere 
>> that overloadng <> to be usable for both comparisons and grouping 
>> would require non-context-free grammar. That would be a major increase 
>> in D's parsing complexity. C++ grammer is definately not context-free, 
>> that's why it can get away with it. Not sure about C# or Java, but 
>> I've been under the impression those aren't context-free either.
>>
> 
> I can see your point and to a point I think it is a valid concern.
> 
> But, most users could care less about that stuff IMO. Abstraction from 
> what a compiler does is why we use higher-level languages in the first 
> place <g>

C++ is much more popular than D, but I haven't found an IDE for it that 
has a significant advantage over Descent. Many users care a fair bit 
about IDEs -- I would, if I didn't work over ssh pretty much of the time.