Slow performance compared to C++, ideas?

[deadalnix]

On Thursday, 6 June 2013 at 15:33:19 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
> In fact, from what I remember from the various discussions at 
> DConf, I think we have pretty much the same opinion regarding 
> how hidden costs are a bit too pervasive in present-day D, 
> respectively how it encourages an inherently wasteful style of 
> coding in more places than necessary. I also agree that in the 
> current class design, virtual-by-default is dangerous. If we 
> were to go back to the drawing board, though, I'd be interested 
> in exploring alternative directions in the design space, away 
> from the Java-style OOP model altogether.
>

scala's is pretty much the definition of awesome on that one. If 
it had to be redone, I'd push in that direction.