D for scientific computing

[Walter Bright]

On 1/24/2013 2:08 AM, Nicolas Sicard wrote:
> The different D compilers available don't generate numeric code of the same
> quality, depending on the algorithms and data structures used. I have found in
> one of my projects that LDC produces code that is up to 5x or even 10x faster
> than DMD (though the average difference is less spectacular).

If you use the 64 bit model, dmd will use SIMD instructions for float and 
double, which are much faster.