Does D have too many features?

[Chris Cain]

On Tuesday, 8 May 2012 at 13:57:30 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> in many cases I have used the C std lib functions to circumvent
> bugs or limitations or performance problems of Phobos. In both

I tend to agree with the performance aspect. I just got done with 
a very challenging class where we solved programming contest 
style problems ... we got bonus points for the fastest solution 
(or solutions that could solve extended versions of the problems).

It was extremely useful for me to be able to use the C versions 
of functions. Especially I/O because it made it significantly 
faster to do some things. That said, some of the things I was 
doing I would never advocate for being easy/possible with D's I/O.