U++ Core vs D programming language

[Jason House]

Poking around the U++ web site, I spotted this page:
http://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$vsd$en-us.html

It says "C++ is still well ahead of D (by 70%) if not being hold back by standard library design and average implementation..."

Since Walter is very proud of D's strings, I wonder if this'll get any attention.  They use 64 bit gdc for their speed test.  I guess they're using D1 even though they link to a D2 page...