How fast is D compilation compared to C++?

[Nick Treleaven]

On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 16:22:26 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
> On 25/09/2022 5:10 AM, Nick Treleaven wrote:
>> D since roughly 2010 hasn't removed anything that wasn't 
>> bug-prone, hard to support or not working properly.
>
> Hex strings...

OK, and there may be other things. But did people complain as 
loudly when they were removed?