Benchmark of try/catch

[bearophile]

Part of the timings, seconds:
N = 4_000_000:
  C:       0.36
  Java:    5.59
  C++:     9.97
  Psyco:  29.28
  Python: 32.68
  D:      48.76  SLOW=false
  D:      88.45  SLOW=true

You can find it here, with C/D/Java/C++/Python code too:
http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/78890.html

I'd like to see timing comparisons on Linux between a Java reference and LDC.

And I'd also like to know why using printf changes the situation so much.

Bye,
bearophile