D on gamedev.net

[Tim M]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:15:00 +1300, Walter Bright  
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=520302

I had another look at that thread today and noticed a post that says "D  
doesn't have static type checking".
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=520302&whichpage=3&#3380985

Wikipedia says "A programming language is said to use static typing when  
type checking is performed during compile-time as opposed to run-time.  
Examples of languages that use static typing include .. C, C++, ......"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_system#Static_typing

Should I just ignore that forum post or can someone clarify.