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Re:Dart 3.1 and a retrospective on functional style programm... by ac130kz on Thursday August 17, 2023 @12:05PM (#37163825)
I do, I work with Rust templates and worked with C++ templates. Obviously, people aren't asking for such a granular level of metaprogramming.
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Re:Dart 3.1 and a retrospective on functional style programm... by mathisfun123 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:41PM (#37166154)
> Obviously, people aren't asking for such a granular level of metaprogramming.

that `Obviously` is doing a lot of work there but more so i'm saying going from codegen facilities to static metaprogramming is a step in the wrong direction if the static metaprogramming is at the cost of the codegen.

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