WordCount performance

[Don Clugston]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Saaa wrote:
>> 4 is sort of what I was talking about: I would like the D compiler to 
>> match the
>> optimization level of (the gcc or even intel:) C compiler.
> 
> D does match the optimization level of gcc: the GDC (gnu D compiler) 
> uses gcc's optimizer and code generator.

Is DMD ever likely to come close? Given the size TODO list for the D front-end, 
I'm having trouble imagining you'll get much time to work on the optimiser 
before 64 bit CPUs become completely dominant (forcing you to rewrite most of 
the code generator).

Unless there are significant features of the DMC optimiser which DMD still 
doesn't make use of?