Why is D unpopular?

[forkit]

On Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 23:34:30 UTC, max haughton wrote:
> On Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 23:16:35 UTC, forkit wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 21:47:38 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 5/25/2022 12:19 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>>> I wouldn't be against an explicit switch to disable bounds 
>>>> checks for
>>>> when you want to measure this.  But it should not be the 
>>>> default
>>>> behaviour of -release.
>>>
>>> It isn't. To turn off bounds check, you'll need -noboundscheck
>>>
>>> -release just turns off asserts.
>>
>> Hhh? You mean that's all -release does? Just turn off asserts? 
>> Nothing else (whatsoever)?
>
> https://d.godbolt.org/z/MjPe35Maz
>
> release does turn off bounds checking.

I'm gunna-hav-ta take your word for it ;-)

..(cause I can't read assembly, nor do I want to ;-)

But the fact that nobody seems to really know (even Walter!), is 
troubling, to say the least.

Perhaps someone well informed needs to write a brief article, so 
we can all learn what -release 'really' does.