On: Goodbye C++, Hello C

[WalterBright]

Not really. For example, D templates are never parsed more than once.

The trouble is, people use templates more and more until they hit compile speed problems. I'd argue that this limit is much higher in D, but the end result is similar.

[munificent → WalterBright]

Just like nature abhors a vacuum, my experience is that regardless of how fast your compiler is, user programs will grow to until they reach a point where they are annoyingly slow to compile.

[mpweiher → munificent]

Solution: drastically lower your annoyance threshold. You'll be more grumpy but much more productive.

I get antsy when my test suite takes more than a second or so.