D vs. C#

[Walter Bright]

Robert Fraser wrote:
> Right now in-flight optimization rarely makes code that runs faster,
> but it's a new technology. In 10 years, I'm guessing that most code
> will run equally fast under a VM as native, and another 10 and the VM
> will be superior. Especially as multi-core architectures become more
> popular, I think this will be a big issue (since the VM can
> automatically parallelize loops, etc.).

2 years ago, I attended a Java seminar by a Java expert who predicted 
that in 10 years, Java code would run as fast as C code. Since it's 
still 10 years out, it must be like chasing a mirage <g>.