Do everything in Java…

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 at 10:48:12 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 12/10/2014 2:24 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> This cannot be the solution if D aspires to be used in 
>> contexts where binary
>> libraries are used.
>>
>> C++ is excused to have template code in headers given the 
>> primitive tooling, but
>> languages like Ada and Modula-3 support proper information 
>> hiding for generic code.
>
> There's no way you can hide the implementation of a function 
> from the user if it is available to the compiler.
>
> Quite a few people thought C++ "exported templates" would make 
> this work, but there is no known way to implement it and keep 
> it hidden from the user, not even if it is encrypted since the 
> compiler must decrypt it.

My remark had nothing to do with IP.

I prefer the model used by the referred languages, where binary 
libraries and metadata is used, instead of the C toolchain model.

For example, just shipping the .TPU/.DCU libraries in the Object 
Pascal world.

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Paulo