D for scientific computing
Rob T
alanb at ucora.com
Thu Jan 24 13:05:14 PST 2013
On Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 10:42:10 UTC, Joseph Rushton
Wakeling wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 11:16 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> If you use the 64 bit model, dmd will use SIMD instructions
>> for float and
>> double, which are much faster.
>
> I generally find that dmd-compiled programs run at about half
> the speed of those built with gdc or ldc (the latter seem
> pretty much equivalent these days, some programs run faster
> compiled with one, some with the other). That's running off
> latest GitHub source for all compilers.
>
> That's been a fairly consistent speed difference for a long
> time. And yes, I'm using 64-bit.
You are taking care to compare with full optimization flag
settings? I'm sure you are, but I ask just in case.
--rt
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