Why C++ compiles slowly

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:05:34 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2010/08/c_compilation_s.html
>
> I'll be doing a followup on why D compiles fast.

Very interesting stuff.

I'd like to have an article describing how to diagnose slow D compilation  
:P

Dcollections with unit tests compiles in over a minute, with I think about  
12 files that contain implementation.  I estimate probably 5000 loc.

-Steve