Porting C# code

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:53:32 -0500, Brien <reply at tolist.com> wrote:

>> Note there is a D compiler for .NET, which may allow you to avoid  
>> porting
>> parts of it.  I've never used it, but it has been announced here  
>> somewhere.
>>
>> -Steve
>
> I saw that, but my goal is to get off of .NET.  I'm assuming I will be  
> able to get better performance out of optimized D running on Linux  
> versus optimized .NET on Windows or Mono.  Is that a safe assumption?

It depends on what you are doing.  If you rely heavily on the GC, .NET's  
GC is much more mature than D's, and probably performs better.

-Steve