Is dmd fast?

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 6 July 2016 at 06:10:20 UTC, thedeemon wrote:
> On Wednesday, 6 July 2016 at 05:46:20 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 6 July 2016 at 05:38:25 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>>> dmd seems pretty fast to me.
>>
>> add "-O -inline" and go to bed. ;-)
>
> Nah, in my multi-KLOC project the difference between debug (-g) 
> and release (-O -inline) is like 6 vs. 8 seconds.

heh. and with my NanoVG port (nothing fancy, almost no templates 
and such), the difference between "-O" and "-O -inline" is 
something like: 2.5 seconds for "-O", 28 seconds for "-O 
-inline"...