D has now surpassed C++ in overall performance

[janderson]

Walter Bright wrote:
> John wrote:
>> This change came about with the upgrade to 1.004 from 1.000
>  > (I'm guessing because of the new GC).
> 
> The NRVO has a significant effect, as well as the tail recursion 
> optimizations added.

Great job on the optimizations!

C++ users have even less of an argument for using the language.  A 
couple of cases even shows that the GC (which is the common complaint) 
performs better then C++ for those particular programs.

-Joel