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> Programming language experts told Andrew Kelley, the creator of the Zig programming language, that having code which could run at compile time was a really du
by ctrlmeta 4y ago
> Programming language experts told Andrew Kelley, the creator of the Zig programming language, that having code which could run at compile time was a really dumb idea.
Really? I can't believe that! Running code at compile time is as old as Lisp! And it is present in some form or other in some other popular programming languages too. Like constexpr and templates in C++.
- hu3 4y agoBoth can be true. > experts told Andrew Kelley, the creator of the Zig programming language, that having code which could run at compile time was a really dumb idea > Running code at compile time is as old as Lisp Old ideas are not immune to be considered dumb by some people.