[OT] What are D's values?

[Tejas]

On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 01:33:45 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 at 00:51:26 UTC, Tejas wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Whenever you write a `static if` statement, you end up with two 
> possible versions of the code: one where the condition is true, 
> and one where it's false. It follows that if you have N `static 
> if` statements in your program, then you have 2^N possible 
> versions of the code--so the number of versions increases 
> exponentially with respect to the number of `static if` 
> statements.
>
> [...]

So the key is getting expressiveness and performance while 
maintaining a degree of conciseness.

This thread has been very useful for me, thank you, and everyone 
who has answered me :D