Re: C++ Frequently Questioned Answers
on Tue Nov 06 2007, Walter Bright <walter-AT-digitalmars-nospamm.com> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
I can't account for what people write on Wikipedia.
No, but you can fix it, which is the cool thing about Wikipedia. (And
who better to edit the Wikipedia article on concepts than you?)
Any number of people; if it's really an article about concepts,
there's a moderately-sized list ending with Alex Stepanov. In fact, I
doubt he wants me or almost anyone else attempting to describe his
baby so I'm just going to stay out of that minefield, thank you very
much.
But wasn't it an article about C++0x? Even there, there's a list of
people who know the subject better than I do.
The 'buzz' I hear about concepts is that it is for better error
messages (which is quite understandable given the quotes).
Surely you mean that's the buzz about "C++0x language support for
generic programming."
If it is really for something else, then the people who thoroughly
understand concepts need to do a much better job getting the correct
message out.
Maybe so; everyone's doing his best with his limited resources. Just
trying to correct misperceptions on this NG is a full-time job these
days ;-)
BTW, "Better error messages" *will* be the first and most important
result most users will see. That means, for example, people who never
create a single template, but use the STL. So it's not wrong to
emphasize that as a major benefit of language support for GP.
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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