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Re:The Programming Language Conundrum by dagss on Saturday March 30, 2019 @06:19PM (#19532292)
No experience with D, but using Go a lot, and it is the same thing there with lack of metaprogramming.

Turns out everyone uses reflection instead to get anything done.

Not sure how much of a success that is.

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Re:The Programming Language Conundrum by WalterBright on Saturday March 30, 2019 @07:37PM (#19532675)
D fully embraces metaprogramming which is a very powerful part of D. But it stops short of being able to redefined the language, which is what macros do.
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Re:The Programming Language Conundrum by snaky on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:13PM (#19533318)
Do you consider e.g. BER MetaOCaml approach as "being able to redefine the language"?
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Re:The Programming Language Conundrum by WalterBright on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:02PM (#19533516)
I don't know enough about OCaml to have a non-gibberish reply.
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Re:The Programming Language Conundrum by RhodesianHunter on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:45PM (#19532932)
The lack of generics kills any joy I feel for go.
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