LLVM IR influence on compiler debugging

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-07-08 06:16, Adam Wilson wrote:

> As to compile speed, is LDC really *THAT* much slower than DMD so as to
> cause C++ style speed issues? I thought one of the whole points of D is
> that it doesn't need the epic numbers of passes and preprocessor that
> C++ does precisely because that's what slows down C++ so much...

No, LDC is still faster than C++ but slower than DMD. It's not the 
frontend that is the problem, it's the backend.

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/Jacob Carlborg