digitalmars.D.learn - fwiw - quora on stroustrup/static if/D
- 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
https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-programming-languages
May 21 2015
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-languagesThe 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.
May 21 2015
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: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.https://www.quora.com/What-does-Bjarne-Stroustrup-think-about-different-programming-languagesThe 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.
May 21 2015