This is not about write the best D code. It is about similar code to perform same. However when I looked at the D code it is not good port of C/C++. He made many mistakes which make it slower than C/C++ counterpart. One example is read_one_line function: C++: https://github.com/jpakkane/pkg-config/blob/cpp/parse.cpp#L60 D: https://github.com/jpakkane/pkg-config/blob/d/parse.d#L57
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d < [email protected]> wrote: > So who is going to do the experiment and write the best D code to solve > the problem, write the rebuttal article, and post it? > > It is good to get emotion going on the email list, but without external > action D gets no positive marketing. > > -- > Russel. > =========================================== > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk >
