dmd makes D appear slow

[Idan Arye via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 19:16:45 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> 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

For the development cycle too?