Re: How does D’s ‘import’ work?

[Ali Çehreli]

On 6/20/23 08:09, Cecil Ward wrote:

 > I’m used to slow compilers on fast machines and compiling
 > gives me an excuse for more coffee and possibly fruity buns.

Yes, all of us in past projects accepted C++'s slowness. We did get 
coffee, etc. One of my current colleagues regularly plays solitaire when 
waiting for C++ compilations. Not only it's not a professional sight, 
but C++ is proving to be a professional mistake.

Nobody should suffer from such context switches. I have a hunch, without 
any backing research data, that C++'s contribution to humanity may be 
net negative.

D is nothing like that: My turnaround is a few seconds: Write, compile, 
run, see the effect... I use only dmd partly because of laziness: it 
just works. Although I take full advantage D's low level powers, my 
programs have mostly been I/O bound with huge files, so dmd's less-than 
ideal optimization powers are hidden because most threads are waiting 
for file system I/O.

Aside: std.parallelism and std.concurrency have been very helpful.

Ali