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The programmers who live in Flatland

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107 points winkywooster | 1 comments | 27 Nov 25 15:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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hashmap ◴[07 Dec 25 17:06 UTC] No.46183180[source]▶
> The ability to manipulate compile-time so effortlessly is a new dimension of programming. This new dimension enables you to write fundamentally better code that you’ll never be able to achieve in a lower dimension.

Show me. Specifically, material outcomes that I will care about.

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1. bccdee ◴[07 Dec 25 21:26 UTC] No.46185318[source]▶
Serialization & deserialization, for instance. Macros are great for generating ser/de hooks automatically.

Thing is, other languages do this with metaprogramming or explicit codegen. Everyone needs metaprogramming sometimes—that's why everything supports it, actually.