On 4/28/15 5:45 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 01:56:01PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
On 4/28/2015 8:16 AM, bearophile wrote:
Luc Bourhis:
The author of that blog seems to see his finding in a
positive light actually. As it makes it possible to write
more powerful template metaprograms!
One of the essences of modern languages is to restrict the power of
the programmer in specific parts, to reduce unwanted interactions and
make complexity more manageable. His finding seems a design mistake.
Most languages suffer from quirky, unexpected behaviors from
interactions between otherwise sensible features. The awful thing,
though, is programmers discover these things and then build a store
around them, making it impossible to fix those quirks.
Are you certain D doesn't suffer from the same problem? ;-)
What? You haven't visited the @property store yet?
-Steve
