What is the compilation model of D?

[Nick Sabalausky]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:35:27 -0700
Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 22:00:56 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> > But with D, you get a HUGE boost in compilation speed by
> > not compiling one-at-a-time. So if you have a huge, slow-to-compile
> > codebase (for example, 15 seconds or so),
> 
> I find it shocking that anyone would consider 15 seconds slow to
> compile for a large program. Yes, D's builds are lightning fast in
> general, and 15 seconds is probably a longer build, but calling 15
> seconds "slow-to-compile" just about blows my mind. 15 seconds for a
> large program is _fast_. If anyone complains about a large program
> taking 15 seconds to build, then they're just plain spoiled or naive.
> I've dealt with _Java_ apps which took in the realm of 10 minutes to
> compile, let alone C++ apps which take _hours_ to compile. 15 seconds
> is a godsend.
> 

I just meant that I haven't heard of much D stuff that took much longer
than that, so it's somewhat on the long end as far as D stuff goes.
But I may be off-base. 'Course it depends a lot of the computer, too.
I probably worded it weird.