Article: Increasing the D Compiler Speed by Over 75%

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/30/13 4:10 AM, JS wrote:
> It depends on the audience, but to write an article that is informal
> then use a very formal definition of speed is just begging for problems.
>
> It's hard for me to really imagine that lines is a measurement of
> distance and speed is lines per second... but even if I allow this I
> don't understand why it is a better metric than just time alone(even
> though it is equivalent mathematically it is a convoluted approach).
>
> If a compiler can compile n lines per second, is that really all that
> useful as a direct measurement? Are you saying I have to go count the
> lines of code in my program? Do I count empty lines? commented lines?
> etc... Why don't you just give me the most direct answer?
>
> Time is really all that matters, everything else is just obfuscation.

This is wrong on many levels.

Andrei