Why is D slower than LuaJIT?

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On 22/12/2010 23:31, Gary Whatmore wrote:
> Not intending to start a religious war but if your native code runs slower than*JIT*  code, you're doing something wrong. D will always beat JIT.

You talk like a prayer, don't you ? No need to measure.  I believe ...

Anyway I don't care about LUA. The dynamic ASM generation on the other 
hand is something which should be seriously be considered for D 
templates. Why ? What comes immediately in mind..no more Bloated 
executables.
my 2 euro cents