On Thursday, 18 February 2016 at 15:58:14 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
wrote:
but for the second group, a language that's fast like C/C++
but not nearly as unproductive IS appealing, and even seems to
be something they're often on the lookout for.
I would agree with you if you could write D code using the most
convenient style possible, compile using LDC, and get the same
speed as C or C++. My experience suggests that is not going to
happen. You're going to need some knowledge of the language to
get the best performance.