std.d.lexer requirements

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/2/12 11:08 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> You're not going to get as fast a lexer if it's not written specifically for D.
> Writing a generic lexer is a different problem. It's also one that needs to be
> solved, but I think that it's a mistake to think that a generic lexer is going
> to be able to be as fast as one specifically optimized for D.

Do you have any evidence to back that up? I mean you're just saying it.

Andrei