std.math performance (SSE vs. real)

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 7/4/2014 5:48 AM, "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" 
<ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>" wrote:
> 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.

We care a great deal about that.

C++, etc., is a much harder tool to get work done with. You'd have to judge that 
difficulty and work increase against the dealing with imperfections in D. It's a 
clear win for D.