DMD is slow for matrix maths?

[ponce via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 27 October 2015 at 11:23:37 UTC, burjui wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 October 2015 at 05:27:22 UTC, Jack Stouffer 
> wrote:
>> My intentions are to call things as they are. If people are 
>> demoralized after learning that one person working in his 
>> spare time can't match the productivity of several people 
>> working full time, then they need a reality check.
> Can't agree more. It's unrealistic to expect Walter work on the 
> backend full-time just to catch up with GCC and LLVM teams, let 
> alone support architectures other than x86 as well.

Moreover, given the frequent backend regressions it might be 
better not to touch it too much. As of now relying on DMD for 
optimized builds gives constant work.