gdc or ldc for faster programs?

[Salih Dincer]

On Saturday, 29 January 2022 at 18:28:06 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 1/29/22 10:04, Salih Dincer wrote:
>
> > Could you also try the following
> > code with the same configurations?
>
> The program you posted with 2 million random values:
>
> ldc 1.9 seconds
> gdc 2.3 seconds
> dmd 2.8 seconds
>
> I understand such short tests are not definitive but to have a 
> rough idea between two programs, the last version of my program 
> that used sprintf with 2 million numbers takes less time...
>

sprintf() might be really fast, but your algorithm is definitely 
2.5x faster than mine! (with LDC) I couldn't compile with GDC. 
Theoretically, I might have lost the challenge :)

With love and respect...