Slower than Python

[Walter Bright]

On 3/2/2013 8:12 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> If you need to write a custom splitter to get acceptable performance then it
> sounds to me that D or Phobos have failed.


In D, you can write custom versions of algorithms to exploit unique 
characteristics of particular data structures. I don't regard that as a failure.

But if, to write a custom version, you had to switch to another language, then I 
would agree that is a failure of a "systems" programming language.