Re: [boost] About template metaprogramming and functional programming

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-21 17:53:17

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From: "Vesa Karvonen" <vesa.karvonen_at_[hidden]>

> I'm thinking of polishing and submitting (just after I get the first
version
> of the PREPROCESSOR library ready for inclusion to Boost (and before I
submit
> libraries using the functionality)) a C++ template implementation of a
> considerable subset of functionality from the built-in features and
(standard)
> libraries of some functional programming languages such as Haskell and
CAML. I
> will also intend to develop techniques for converting functional
programming
> designs into C++ template metacode.

Vesa,

That would be fabulous. It seems to me that the only serious pitfall would
be if your library didn't interoperate well with other libraries in the same
general domain. I'm thinking in particular of Lambda and the MPL stuff that
Aleksey has been working on.

-Dave