Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:24:50 +0200, Yigal Chripun wrote: > to retard: > different problems should be solved with different tools. Macros should > be used for meta-programming and generics for type-parameters. they > don't exclude each other. E.g. Nemerle has an awesome macro system yet > it also has .net generics too. > As the saying goes -"when all you got is a hammer everything looks like > a nail" which is a very bad situation to be in. templates are that > hammer while a much better approach is to go and by a toolbox with > appropriate tools for your problem set.
I didn't say anything that contradicts this.
