Inherent code performance advantages of D over C?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:16:25PM +0100, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 December 2013 at 21:05:53 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> >At the least, it'll compile a lot faster!
> 
> Small C programs compile a *lot* faster than small D programs that
> use Phobos.
> 
> import std.stdio; == add half a second to your compile time.

That's not too bad. One of my template-heavy projects take almost 10
seconds to compile just a single source file. And a single string import
can add up to 3-4 seconds (well, probably due to CTFE since I call
split() on the string).


T

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