std.math performance (SSE vs. real)

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On Wednesday, 2 July 2014 at 12:16:18 UTC, Wanderer wrote:
> So it's okay for "system level programming languages" to 
> produce numeric garbage when it comes to floating points? ;-)

System level programming languages provide direct easy access to 
the underlying hardware foundation.

> Sorry, couldn't resist. Some people keep claiming that D is a 
> "system level programming language" despite there is no single 
> OS and no single hardware driver written in D yet.

D is not even production ready, so why should there be? Who in 
their right mind would use a language in limbo for building a 
serious operating system or do embedded work? You need language 
stability and compiler maturity first.