diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0907a8..78faeb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(classic)
 add_subdirectory(constexpr)
+add_subdirectory(constexpr_arr)
 add_subdirectory(qt)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54991ae..793cded 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@ This is a quick shot implementation of a sudoku solver, used at starting point f
 ## constexpr
 This is the compile time variant. Works for me with clang 3.6, needs C++14 (constexpr using "if" and loops). 
 
+## constexpr_arr
+This is a modification of the constexpr example using builtin array instead of std::array. We had a 
+longer discussion in our local c++ user group about the fact, that c++14 removed the implicit const 
+from constexpr methods. This is the result of our search for a use case. And it simplifies the 
+implemention by removing the template-gymnastics used in the constexpr example to "modify" values
+in a std::array. Courtesy goes to [Arne Metz](http://arne-mertz.de/category/cpp/new-features/)
+
 ## qt
 This is just a graphical frontend to demonstrate the problem and visualize how backtracking works. 
 
 See also [my blog](http://www.valpo.de/?p=190)
+
+# Compiler
+Examples tested with clang (3.6 and current version from svn) and gcc 5.2.1. Clang needs around 5 minutes to 
+compile one constexpr example and uses around 100MB of memory. gcc needs around 388GB of memory for the 
+constexpr example, so do not forget to add some memory before compiling. 
diff --git a/constexpr/CMakeLists.txt b/constexpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ff4eea..6c3d182 100644
--- a/constexpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/constexpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
 #  -ftemplate-backtrace-limit=0
 add_executable(constexpr_sudoku ${SRC_LIST})
-#target_link_libraries(constexpr_sudoku c++ c++abi)
 
 
diff --git a/constexpr_arr/CMakeLists.txt b/constexpr_arr/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e526212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/constexpr_arr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+aux_source_directory(. SRC_LIST)
+#  -ftemplate-backtrace-limit=0
+add_executable(constexpr_arr_sudoku ${SRC_LIST})
+
+
diff --git a/constexpr_arr/main.cpp b/constexpr_arr/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d450f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/constexpr_arr/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+//#include <tuple>
+//#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
+#include <array>
+#include <limits>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+
+constexpr int sqrt_impl(int i, int val)
+{
+  return i*i == val ? i : sqrt_impl(i-1,val);
+}
+constexpr int sqrt(int i)
+{
+  return sqrt_impl(i,i);
+}
+
+// sudoku (== matrix) class
+template<typename T, size_t N>
+class SudokuT
+{
+private:
+public:
+  T data[N*N];
+  constexpr unsigned operator()(size_t row, size_t col) const {
+    return row*N+col >= N*N ? 0
+                            : data[row*N+col];
+  }
+  constexpr SudokuT<T,N> replace(size_t row, size_t col, T val) {
+    data[row*N+col] = val;
+    return *this;
+  }
+  constexpr size_t dimension() const { return N; }
+};
+
+using Sudoku = SudokuT<unsigned, 9ul>;
+using Cell = std::pair<size_t, size_t>;
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Sudoku& s) {
+  os << "+------------------+\n";
+  for(size_t i=0; i< s.dimension(); ++i) {
+    os << "|";
+    for(size_t j=0; j< s.dimension(); ++j) {
+      os << s(i,j) << " ";
+    }
+    os << "|\n";
+  }
+  os << "+------------------+\n";
+  return os;
+}
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Cell& c)
+{
+  os << '(' << c.first << ',' << c.second << ')';
+  return os;
+}
+
+constexpr bool rowValid(const Sudoku& s, size_t row, size_t pos = 0)
+{
+  if (pos > s.dimension()) return true;
+  else if (s(row,pos) == 0) return rowValid(s,row,pos+1);
+  else {
+    for(size_t i=pos+1;i<s.dimension();++i)
+      if (s(row,i) == s(row,pos)) return false;
+    return rowValid(s,row,pos+1);
+  }
+}
+constexpr bool colValid(const Sudoku& s, size_t col, size_t pos = 0)
+{
+  if (pos > s.dimension()) return true;
+  else if (s(pos,col) == 0) return colValid(s,col,pos+1);
+  else {
+    for(size_t i=pos+1;i<s.dimension();++i)
+      if (s(i,col) == s(pos,col)) return false;
+    return colValid(s,col,pos+1);
+  }
+}
+// return the value at offset in quadrant(x,y)
+constexpr unsigned qVal(const Sudoku& s, size_t x,size_t y, size_t offset = 0)
+{
+  size_t qsize = sqrt(s.dimension());
+  return s(qsize*x + offset/qsize, qsize*y + offset % qsize);
+}
+
+constexpr bool quadrantValid(const Sudoku& s, size_t x, size_t y, size_t pos = 0)
+{
+  if (pos > s.dimension()) return true;
+  else if (qVal(s, x,y,pos) == 0) return quadrantValid(s, x, y, pos+1);
+  else {
+    for(size_t i=pos+1;i<s.dimension();++i)
+      if (qVal(s, x,y,i) == qVal(s, x,y,pos)) return false;
+    return quadrantValid(s,x,y,pos+1);
+  }
+}
+
+constexpr bool valid(const Sudoku& s)
+{
+  for(size_t x=0;x<s.dimension();++x) {
+    if (!rowValid(s,x)) return false;
+    if (!colValid(s,x)) return false;
+  }
+  size_t qsize = sqrt(s.dimension());
+  for(size_t i=0; i<qsize; ++i)
+    for(size_t j=0; j<qsize; ++j)
+      if (!quadrantValid(s,i,j)) return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+constexpr bool finished(const Sudoku& s)
+{
+  for(size_t i=0; i<s.dimension(); ++i)
+    for(size_t j=0; j<s.dimension(); ++j)
+      if (s(i,j) == 0) return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+constexpr Cell next(const Sudoku& s)
+{
+  for(size_t i=0; i<s.dimension(); ++i)
+    for(size_t j=0; j<s.dimension(); ++j)
+      if (s(i,j) == 0) return {i,j};
+  return {std::numeric_limits<Cell::first_type>::max(),std::numeric_limits<Cell::second_type>::max()};
+}
+
+constexpr Sudoku solve(const Sudoku& s)
+{
+  if (!valid(s)) return s;
+  else {
+    const Cell n{next(s)};
+    if (n.first == std::numeric_limits<Cell::first_type>::max()) return s;
+    for(unsigned i=1;i<=s.dimension();++i) {
+      const auto ns = Sudoku(s).replace(n.first,n.second,i);
+      const auto res = solve(ns);
+      if (finished(res) && valid(res)) return res;
+    }
+    return s;
+  }
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  constexpr Sudoku sudoku{
+    {
+        9, 5, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 7, 8, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 6, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 9, 0, 7, 3, 0, 0, 5, 0,
+        8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2,
+        0, 1, 0, 0, 8, 5, 0, 6, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 8, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 7, 9, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 3, 1,
+      }
+  };
+  cout << sudoku << endl;
+  constexpr Sudoku res = solve(sudoku);
+  cout << res << endl;
+  return valid(res) && finished(res) ? 0 : 1;
+}