On 5 January 2012 23:30, Walter Bright <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:

On 1/5/2012 8:49 AM, Manu wrote:

I also wonder if the D language provides some opportunities for optimisation
that aren't expressible in other languages,

There are some. One that is currently being exploited by the optimizer and back end is the existence of pure functions.

Does GDC currently support these same optimisations, or is this a DMD special power?