properly passing strings to functions? (C++ vs D)

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Monday, 11 January 2021 at 16:40:53 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Yes. Earlier C++ string implementations used reference 
> counting, which caused multi-threading complications; so, many 
> implementations switched to copying.

Ah, I guess I've never used std::string for anything that 
requires speed. Turns out that cpp.sh is outdated.