D vs C++

[Daniel Gibson]

Am 27.12.2010 17:01, schrieb Caligo:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com
> <mailto:jmdavisProg at gmx.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Monday 27 December 2010 04:41:37 spir wrote:
>      > On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:06:04 -0800
>      >
>      > Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com
>     <mailto:newshound2 at digitalmars.com>> wrote:
>      > > 11. generative programming
>      >
>      > Does someone have a pointer to any kind of doc about this? (in D)
>
>     Anything on templates, template mixins, and string mixins. All of
>     them generate
>     code. And some people have done some pretty crazy stuff with them
>     (especially
>     string mixins).
>
>     - Jonathan M Davis
>
>
> So is it like template metaprogramming in C++?  a small D example would
> be helpful.  There doesn't seem to be anything about it in TDPL.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/templates-revisited.html

>
> As for CTFE, does this mean I could call 'writeln()' at compile time and
> have it print a message to stdout while compiling?

writeln() not. you can call pure functions (but not yet all of them)
See http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/function.html#interpretation for 
further information.