On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Graham Allan <[email protected]>wrote:
> One thing that the page doesn't include (AFAICT) is a discussion of what > you > have referred to elsewhere on this mailing list as a 'Turing-complete type > system'. > It's the kind of feature that enables hacks such as this one<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming/Templates/Template_Meta-Programming>. If you don't feel like reading it, somebody managed to create C++ templates which, when fed to the compiler, will produce error messages that list prime numbers. It's awesomely clever but why you would put this as a requirement to choosing a language is beyond me. If you don't think that this makes a language complex, you are probably hanging out with people who love Haskell and who can tell you the difference between a catamorphism and an anamorphism in their sleep. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
