from
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4568645/printing-1-to-1000-without-loop-or-conditionals
#include <iostream> template<int N> struct NumberGeneration{ static void out(std::ostream& os) { NumberGeneration<N-1>::out(os); os << N << std::endl; } }; template<> struct NumberGeneration<1>{ static void out(std::ostream& os) { os << 1 << std::endl; } }; int main(){ NumberGeneration<1000>::out(std::cout); }