Is dmd fast?

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On Wednesday, 22 June 2016 at 19:20:42 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> You methodology is flawed. You are essentially measuring link 
> time against the standard lib.

If you're sitting on Linux make sure that you're using the GNU 
gold linker (`ld.gold`) by default (`ld`).

On Ubuntu/Debian you should use

     sudo update-alternatives --config ld

to configure this.

The GNU gold linker should be the default on newer distributions.