dmd makes D appear slow

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/29/15 12:58 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 06:50:02PM +0000, Dicebot via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 18:38:20 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>> This will probably offend some people, but I think LDC/GDC should be
>>> the default download on dlang.org, and dmd should be provided as an
>>> alternative for those who want the latest language version and don't
>>> mind the speed compromise.
>>
>> I did make LDC default compiler used in Arch but now people are
>> unhappy with increased compile times so I may need to revert it back
>> :)
>
> Can't please 'em all... According to Walter, many D users want fast
> compile times, and aren't as concerned about performance of the
> generated code. But from this thread's OP, it seems there's another
> group of users who don't care about fast compile times but want the
> generated code to squeeze every last drop of performance from their
> CPUs.
>
> So I guess we should be equally recommending all 3 compilers, with a
> note to help people choose their compiler depending on their needs.

myOpinion = (fastCompileTimes * 10000 < fastCode);

-Steve