Stroustrup's slides about c++11 and c++14

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 13 September 2014 at 20:10:55 UTC, eles wrote:
> This presentation:
>
> https://parasol.tamu.edu/people/bs/622-GP/C++14TAMU.pdf
>
> He criticizes C99 VLA (slide 24) as being "an abomination"
>
> But the surprise comes at the end (slide 57), where he also 
> criticizes... the static if as being "a total abomination". 
> Well, this is D, I told myself.
>
> Are those points valid?:
>
> static if is a total abomination
> • Unstructured, can do everything (just like goto)
> • Complicates static analysis (AST-based tools get hard to 
> write)
> • Blocks the path for concepts
> • Specifies how things are done (implementation)
> • Is three slightly different “ifs” using a common syntax
> • Redefines the meaning of common notation (such as { ... })

Heh, I like how he says static if was proposed by "Walter Brown." 
;)

Is it just me or did it seem like most of the stuff in those 
slides is already in D?  I don't follow C++.