On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 12:53:29 UTC, w0rp wrote:
I've played with the idea of using operator overloading for some kind of ORM before, but I don't think it's strictly necessary to use operator overloading for an ORM at all. Maybe in some cases it might make sense.
The question is whether we want to provide a comparable experience to other languages or not. What is desired depends on what other languages provide for a particular application area?
The ability to create abstractions is important for a language like D since that is supposed to be a primary feature.
