Optimizing Java using D

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 20 June 2014 at 23:34:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/28mp3m/the_magic_forest_problem_revisited_optimising/
>
> The article indicates there may be a performance problem with 
> std.algorithm.sort

2 lessons :

1. Kill the builtin sort function. He is probably calling that 
one instead of the standard lib one.
2. Our associative array are a joke. Inconsistent interface + 
slow.

H;S; Teoh worked on an alternative AA implementation, do we know 
where it stands ?