std.math performance (SSE vs. real)

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On Friday, 4 July 2014 at 01:26:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> The issues you presented are subjective and a matter of opinion.

Well, one has to agree on a definition for a start! :)

> If you sit around waiting for arbitrary perfection, you'll 
> never get any work done.

I pick the most stable tool for the job. Meaning I usually end up 
with C, conservative use of C++, Python 2.7, Javascript, SQL or 
XSLT… :-P Rarely D and occasionally Dart (which isn't 
particularly stable either and is rejected beacuase of it) and 
Php (which is pretty stable).

It's a matter of priority. If the D maintainers don't care about 
reaching a stable state, at the expense of scope and features, 
then it will never be the best tool for the job. I regret that.