Is dmd fast?

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 23 June 2016 at 14:28:08 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 06/23/2016 03:14 AM, Nordlöw wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 22 June 2016 at 19:20:42 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>>> You methodology is flawed. You are essentially measuring link 
>>> time
>>> against the standard lib.
>>
>> If you're sitting on Linux make sure that you're using the GNU 
>> gold
>> linker (`ld.gold`) by default (`ld`).
>>
>> On Ubuntu/Debian you should use
>>
>>      sudo update-alternatives --config ld
>>
>> to configure this.
>>
>> The GNU gold linker should be the default on newer 
>> distributions.
>
> Is there a way to tell? Thanks! -- Andrei

ld --version