• Laeeth Isharc (1/1) May 21 2015 https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-...
• weaselcat (7/13) May 21 2015 The C++ standard committee already reviewed static_if
• Laeeth Isharc (15/28) May 21 2015 I don't claim to be a language guru, but I couldn't make any

"Laeeth Isharc" <nospamlaeeth nospam.laeeth.com> writes:

https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-programming-languages

"weaselcat" <weaselcat gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 21 May 2015 at 17:36:00 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
 https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-programming-languages

The C++ standard committee already reviewed static_if
IIRC Andrei and Walter said they were being incredibly unfair.


http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdgzdesltjefjvnjbspk forum.dlang.org#post-cdgzdesltjefjvnjbspk:40forum.dlang.org
pretty long thread on it if you want to dig through it.

And I'll end my post with an excerpt from the ISOCPP paper, and 
IMO the reason C++ is the way it is:

 Being a new and realtively simple-to-use new feature, static_if 
 would un-
 doubtedly be used by many who have no need for the relatively 
 small increme-
 natal improvement in performance offered.

"Laeeth Isharc" <nospamlaeeth nospam.laeeth.com> writes:

On Thursday, 21 May 2015 at 23:28:32 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
 On Thursday, 21 May 2015 at 17:36:00 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
 https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-programming-languages

 The C++ standard committee already reviewed static_if
 IIRC Andrei and Walter said they were being incredibly unfair.


 http://forum.dlang.org/thread/cdgzdesltjefjvnjbspk forum.dlang.org#post-cdgzdesltjefjvnjbspk:40forum.dlang.org
 pretty long thread on it if you want to dig through it.

 And I'll end my post with an excerpt from the ISOCPP paper, and 
 IMO the reason C++ is the way it is:

 Being a new and realtively simple-to-use new feature, 
 static_if would un-
 doubtedly be used by many who have no need for the relatively 
 small increme-
 natal improvement in performance offered.


I don't claim to be a language guru, but I couldn't make any 
sense of that 'considered' paper (static if) even when I squinted 
and looked at it funny.  Fair maiden lives an exciting life in 
the big city, and only now decides to be more discerning?

As a student of affect and its manifestation in language it 
seemed to make perfect sense though.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124160088000115

Still, I tried not to be too harsh, because it (C++) was in many 
ways an admirable achievement, and who am I to have the expertise 
to be sure.  On the other hand, one cannot escape the need to 
form judgements, and I figured if I got it completely wrong then 
somebody would certainly put me right.

Thanks for the link - will take a look.


Laeeth.