Inherent code performance advantages of D over C?

["Luís]

On Sunday, 8 December 2013 at 01:59:15 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> But when I talk about refactoring, I mean things like changing 
> data structures and algorithms. Renaming things is pretty far 
> over on the trivial end, and isn't going to help your program 
> run any faster.

Well, I was just so surprised by your answer that I was looking 
for common ground :-)