Re: Meyers effective C++, templates, np-complete

Todd Mars wrote:
> Scott Meyers in Effective C++ at the start of the templates section
> says that C++ templates are np-complete in the compiler processing.
> Does this mean that the use of templates can cause the compile to
> execute for an infinite loop or near infinite loop?
> Todd.
> 

Yes. I remember seeing a demonstration of this (with gcc) in a
presentation on C++. (http://chaosradio.ccc.de/camp2007_m4v_1951.html)

br,
Martin

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