Why is std.algorithm so complicated to use?

[Dmitry Olshansky]

On 10-Jul-12 10:54, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-07-09 23:00, Timon Gehr wrote:
>
>> Actually you need a random-access range with assignable elements. Map
>> would need to be provided with an inverse mapping to support that.
>>
>> zip has assignable elements when the source ranges do.
>
> Are you saying I can't sort a range that comes from "map"? To me it
> seems like std.algorithm and ranges are a complete failure.
>

Can you do it in other languages?

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Dmitry Olshansky