In this post:

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/189925

Eric indicates that Walter Bright believes, in c++:

  that instantiating a template is inherently expensive, and certain
  features of the C++ language (ADL, partial specialization, etc.)
  force that to be the case.

Walter, if Eric is remembering correctly, could you provide a little more explanation on why this is so or provide a link to some document supporting this conclusion?

TIA.

-regards,
Larry

On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:59:26 -0500
evansl <cppljevans@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> In this post:
> 
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/189925
> 
> Eric indicates that Walter Bright believes, in c++:
> 
>   that instantiating a template is inherently expensive, and certain
>   features of the C++ language (ADL, partial specialization, etc.)
>   force that to be the case.
> 
> Walter, if Eric is remembering correctly, could you provide a little more explanation on why this is so or provide a link to some document supporting this conclusion?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> -regards,
> Larry

"C++ Compilation Speed" by Walter Bright: http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711

Note the #7.

On 11/01/12 04:29, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:59:26 -0500
> evansl <cppljevans@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> In this post:
>>
>>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/189925
>>
>> Eric indicates that Walter Bright believes, in c++:
>>
>>   that instantiating a template is inherently expensive, and certain
>>   features of the C++ language (ADL, partial specialization, etc.)
>>   force that to be the case.
>>
>> Walter, if Eric is remembering correctly, could you provide a little more explanation on why this is so or provide a link to some document supporting this conclusion?
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> -regards,
>> Larry
> 
> "C++ Compilation Speed" by Walter Bright: http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711
> 
> Note the #7.
> 
Thanks very much for the link Nick.
I read it and now I'm heavily leaning toward
converting to D now.

However, I saw no mention of ADL and partial specialization. Is there some other reference explaining why these lead to slow compile times?

-regards,
Larry

On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:36:00 -0500
evansl <cppljevans@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> On 11/01/12 04:29, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > 
> > "C++ Compilation Speed" by Walter Bright: http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/c-compilation-speed/228701711
> > 
> > Note the #7.
> > 
> Thanks very much for the link Nick.
> I read it and now I'm heavily leaning toward
> converting to D now.
> 
> However, I saw no mention of ADL and partial specialization. Is there some other reference explaining why these lead to slow compile times?
> 

Not that I know of, but I would assume it's because (IIUC) those are heavily template-oriented things which, in turn, are slow in C++ because of the reasons he described. You could try asking over on the "digitalmars.D" newsgroup, as that tends to get a lot more traffic (same NNTP server as here, ie, news.digitalmars.com).