Is dmd fast?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/23/2016 03:14 AM, Nordlöw wrote:
> 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.

Is there a way to tell? Thanks! -- Andrei