Inherent code performance advantages of D over C?

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 08/12/13 13:35, ponce wrote:
> I work all day with C++ optimization and deal closely with the Intel compiler,
> here is what I have to say. I agree with all points but I think 1, 3 and 7 are
> slightly innacurate.

How is icc doing these days?  I used it years ago (almost 10 years ago!) when it 
produced significantly faster executables than gcc, but I had the impression 
that more recent gcc releases either matched its performance or significantly 
narrowed the gap.