What is the compilation model of D?

[Russel Winder]

On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 20:35 -0700, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
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> I find it shocking that anyone would consider 15 seconds slow to compile for a 
> large program. Yes, D's builds are lightning fast in general, and 15 seconds 
> is probably a longer build, but calling 15 seconds "slow-to-compile" just 
> about blows my mind. 15 seconds for a large program is _fast_. If anyone 
> complains about a large program taking 15 seconds to build, then they're just 
> plain spoiled or naive. I've dealt with _Java_ apps which took in the realm of 
> 10 minutes to compile, let alone C++ apps which take _hours_ to compile. 15 
> seconds is a godsend.

A company I did some Python training for (they used Python for their
integration and system testing, and a bit of unit testing) back in 2006
had a C++ product whose "from scratch" build time genuinely was 56
hours.

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