Inherent code performance advantages of D over C?

[Walter Bright]

On 12/7/2013 4:46 PM, Manu wrote:
> True as compared to C, but I wouldn't say this is true in general.
> C# and Java make it easy to refactor code rapidly. D doesn't have any such tools
> yet.
> It's my #1 wishlist item for VisualD and Mono-D, and I await such tooling with
> great anticipation.
> Maybe when the D front-end is a library, and tooling has such powerful (and
> reliable) semantic analysis as the compiler does it may be possible?

Needing a tool to refactor code is a bit of a mystery to me. I've never used 
one, and never felt that not having one inhibited me from refactoring.