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Although executing code at compile-time is not a new idea by any means, the Zig programming language popularised the term comptime , and has brought a lot of eyes back on the topic by making it easier to use than in other languages. I personally haven’t taken the time to dabble in Zig yet - I’m already busy with Rust and OCaml - but curious as I am, I particularly wanted to know if files could be accessed at compile-time in the language I still know best: C++. ...

C++ is full of weird features, quirks, and historical artefacts. This is in part due to its aim to have classic C code be valid under the C++ standard from day one. It is also due to the fact that C++ was first published in 1985 , and has naturally been filled with all sorts of features, good and bad, over the past 40+ years. As someone interested in programming language design, I’ve taken an interest in some of these features, eager to see just how hilariously difficult to read C++ code can be. ...