--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Jesse Phillips <jessekphillip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you really need to look more into what templates > are and do. > Excuse me? Unless templates are something different in D (I can't be 100% sure since I am new D), it should be the case. At least in C++, that would be the case. As I said, for libraries you need to compile every commonly used instance, so that user will not be burdened with this overhead. http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/template.html > There is also going to be very little performance gain by > using the > "system type" for strings. Considering that most of the > work is not > likely going be to the system commands you mentioned, but > within D itself. > It depends. For instance, if you work with files, write on the console output, use system functions, use Win32 api, DFL, there can be overhead.
